Superior Courts Act, 2013
R 385
Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)Codes of Good PracticeCollective Bargaining, Industrial Action and PicketingPart B : Collective Bargaining10. Submission of demands and responses |
| (1) | A party should submit its demands in writing or in accordance with any agreed negotiation procedure or practice and in good time and well in advance of any established implementation date. |
| (2) | The submission should include— |
| (a) | the demand or demandsin a clear and concise form; |
| (b) | an outline of its demands; |
| (c) | any request for or response to a request for the disclosure of relevant information made in terms of this Code; |
| (d) | a proposed timetable for the negotiations which should include alternative dates and times for a pre-negotiation meeting; and |
| (e) | the names and details of its appointed negotiators. |
| (3) | The party in receipt of a written demand from a trade union should— |
| (a) | acknowledge the receipt in writing; |
| (b) | inform the other party of when it should in accordance with any agreed negotiation procedure or practice respond to the demands or make demands itself; and |
| (c) | agree or propose alternatlve dates and times for the pre-negotiation meeting. |
| (4) | A party responding to a demand should submit in writing its response or any demand of its own to the other party and include in its response— |
| (a) | its response in clear and concise form; |
| (b) | any demand it may have of its own; |
| (c) | an outline of its response and demands; |
| (d) | any response or request for disclosure of information made in terms of this Code; |
| (e) | a response to the prroposed timetable for the negotiations; and |
| (f) | the names and details of its appointed negotiators. |
