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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

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National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry

Pharmaceutical Sector

Substantive Agreement 2025/2027

Extension to Non-parties of the Pharmaceutical Sector Collective Agreement

Chapter 1

1. Scope of Agreement

 

This agreement applies to all employers whose industry/operations includes but is not limited to:

 

(a) The manufacture, fabrication, processing, and distribution (excluding wholesaling) of drugs, medicine and health monitoring preparations including biological products such as bacterial and virus vaccines, serums and plasmas, medicinal chemicals and botanical products such as anti-biotics, guinine, strychnine, sulpha drugs, opium and derivatives, adrenal, caffeine and codeine derivatives, vitamins, diagnostics and pharmaceutical preparations for human or veterinary use and antiseptics for medical but not for household use and all operations incidental to these activities.