Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
R 385
Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)Codes of Good PracticeCollective Bargaining, Industrial Action and PicketingPart E : Picketing28. Agreed picketing rules |
| (1) | A registered trade union and employer or employer organisation should seek to conclude a collective agreement on standing picketing rules to regulate pickets in support of a protected strike or in opposition to a lockout. |
| (2) | The following matters should be considered in such a collective agreement— |
| (a) | the nature of the authorisation and its service upon the employer; |
| (b) | the notice of the commencement of the picket including the place, time and the extent of the picket; |
| (c) | the nature of the conduct in the picket; |
| (d) | the number of picketers and their location; |
| (e) | the modes of communication between marshals and employers and any other relevant parties; |
| (f) | the conduct of the pickets on the employer's premises; and |
| (g) | this code of good practice and the Default Picketing Rules annexed to this Code. |
| (3) | If the parties to a dispute giving rise to a protected strike or lockout have not concluded a collective agreement regulating pickets, the parties must endeavor to agree picketing rules before the commencement of the protected strike or lockout taking into account the factors referred to in sub-item (2). The trade union or employer may request the Commission to facilitate such an agreement in terms of section 69(4) of the Act. |
