Conditions of Employment and Small Business: Coverage, Compliance and Exemptions

Shane Godfrey, Johann Maree and Jan Theron ()
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Jan Theron: Institute of Development and Labour Law,University of Cape Town

Working Papers from University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit

Abstract: The research examines the different forms of regulation of conditions of employment (i.e. bargaining council agreements, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), and sectoral determinations) and what sort of accommodation they make for small firms. Three key areas are examined - the coverage of the regulations (and the representivity of bargaining councils) as well as non-compliance with the regulations; the enforcement of regulations; and exemptions (or variations) from the regulations. Furthermore, most exemptions come from small firms and many more exemptions come from non-party than party firms. A number of bargaining councils also have ‘blanket’ exemptions for small and new firms. It is not possible to compare the exemptions data with the data on variations from the BCEA and sectoral determinations because of the high number of pending variation applications..

Keywords: South Africa: Regulations; Conditions of employment; Bargaining Councils (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 115 pages
Date: 2006-03
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Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, March 2006, pages 1-115

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