Labour Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Labour Litigation and Dispute Resolution, first published in 2010, is the most comprehensive exposition of practice and procedure in the various forums charged with resolving employment and labour disputes in South Africa. It provides an overview of the nature, powers and jurisdiction of the CCMA, b...

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1. Verfasser:	Grogan, J. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cape Town Juta & Company, Limited 2023
Ausgabe:	4th ed
Online-Zugang:	HWR01
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Intro
Preface
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction, background and overview
1. The purpose of this book
2. Sources
3. Background
4. Outline
Chapter 2: Employment and labour disputes
1. What are employment and labour disputes?
2. Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
2.1 'Matters of mutual interest'
2.2 Parties
2.3 Disputes cognisable under the LRA
3. Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998
4. Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
5. Contractual disputes
6. Administrative law disputes
7. Constitutional matters
8. Claims for damages in delict
9. Claims under other legislation
10. Conclusion
Chapter 3: Processing labour disputes
1. Introduction
2. Disputes relating to freedom of association
3. Disputes over organisational rights
4. Disputes over access to information
5. Disputes concerning the interpretation and/or application of collective agreements
6. Disputes over settlement agreements
7. Disputes concerning admission of parties to bargaining councils
8. Interdicts against unprotected strikes and lock-outs
9. Pickets
10. Disputes in essential services
11. Disputes in workplace forums
12. Automatically unfair dismissals
13. Dismissals for operational requirements
14. Other dismissals
15. Unfair labour practices
16. Discrimination claims
17. Enforcement of claims under the BCEA
18. Contractual disputes
19. Severance pay
20. Other applications to the Labour Court
21. Reviews
22. Appeals
Chapter 4: Forums
1. Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
1.1 Status
1.2 Rules
1.3 Area of jurisdiction
1.4 Commissioners
1.5 Functions
2. Bargaining councils
3. Private arbitration
4. Labour Court
4.1 Establishment and status
4.2 Composition and staff
4.3 Jurisdiction
4.4 Powers
5. Labour Appeal Court
5.1 Status
5.2 Jurisdiction
5.3 Constitution
5.4 Powers
5.5 Authority
6. Civil courts
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Magistrates' courts
6.3 High Court
6.4 Supreme Court of Appeal
7. Constitutional Court
Chapter 5: Choosing forums
1. Introduction
2. Industrial action or formal dispute resolution?
3. Conciliation: CCMA or bargaining council?
4. Arbitration: CCMA or bargaining council?
5. Statutory or private dispute resolution?
6. Statutory arbitration or adjudication?
6.1 The statutory scheme
6.2 Choice of forum
6.3 Applications under s 158
6.4 Applications under s 191(6)
6.5 Section 191(12)
6.6 Agreement to arbitrate rather than adjudicate
6.7 Collateral issues
6.8 Enforcement of claims under the BCEA
6.9 Severance pay
6.10 Whistleblowers
7. Labour Court or High Court?
7.1 Constitutionality of legislation
7.2 Administrative law matters
7.3 Review of disciplinary proceedings
7.4 Administrative action performed under the LRA
7.5 Contractual claims
7.5.1 Common-law actions for enforcement of employment contracts
7.5.2 Other claims under the common law
7.5.3 Claims under the BCEA
7.5.4 Statutory and contractual claims combined
7.5.5 Statutory and contractual claims in the alternative
7.5.6 Overlapping legislation
7.6 Statutory and delictual claims
7.7 Protected disclosures
7.8 Pickets and demonstrations
7.9 Rectification, enforcement or invalidation of settlement agreements
7.10 Discrimination claims
7.11 Restraint of trade agreements
7.12 Business rescue
7.13 Ancillary matters
7.14 Interdicts and urgent applications
7.15 Constitutional claims
7.16 Switching forums
8. Litigation or administrative action?
Chapter 6: Conciliation
1. Introduction
2. What is conciliation?
3. When is conciliation required?
4. Must a matter actually be conciliated?
5. The referral
6. When the dispute must be referred
7. Service of documents
8. Jurisdictional and other in limine issues
9. Powers of conciliators
10. Who may attend
11. Who must be cited as parties
12. Consequences of non-attendance
13. Notice and duration of conciliation
14. The conciliation process
15. Confidentiality
16. Agreement
17. Certification
18. Judicial orders to conciliate
19. Review of conciliation proceedings
Chapter 7: Statutory arbitration
1. Introduction
2. Compulsory arbitration
3. Preconditions for statutory arbitration
4. Jurisdictional rulings
5. The CCMA guidelines
6. Referral
7. 'Con-arb'
8. Pre-arbitration procedures
9. Set down
10. Postponements
11. Withdrawals
12. Appointment of arbitrators
13. Powers of arbitrators
14. Presence of the parties
15. Representation
16. Who may attend
17. The hearing
17.1 Nature of the hearing
17.2 Adversarial or inquisitorial?
17.3 Excessive intervention
17.4 'Helping hand'
17.5 Fair hearing
17.6 De novo hearing
18. Procedure
18.1 Formal introductions
18.2 Housekeeping
18.3 Recording
18.4 Reverting to conciliation
18.5 Private settlement
18.6 In limine issues
18.7 Opening statements
18.8 Narrowing issues
18.9 Presenting evidence
18.9.1 The duty to begin
18.9.2 Viva voce evidence
18.9.3 Documentary, real and circumstantial evidence
18.9.4 Expert evidence
18.9.5 The rules of evidence
18.9.6 Standard of proof
18.9.7 Proceeding by way of a 'stated case'
18.10 Closing statements
18.11 Conclusion of the proceedings
19. The award
20. Contempt of commission or council
21. Costs
22. Fees
23. Rescission and variation
24. Enforcement
25. Review
Chapter 8: Private arbitration
1. Introduction
1.1 Section 157(3)
1.2 Section 147(6)
1.3 Advantages and disadvantages
2. Differences between statutory and private arbitration
3. The arbitration agreement
3.1 Consensus
3.2 In writing
3.3 Relating to an existing dispute or future disputes
3.4 For arbitration
4. Effect of arbitration agreements
5. The terms of reference
6. Referral of disputes
7. Choosing the arbitrator
8. The arbitrator's fee
9. Who may attend
10. Confidentiality
11. Powers and duties of arbitrators
12. The hearing
13. The award
14. Costs
15. Legal consequences of awards
16. Variation
17. Enforcement
18. Remittal
19. Appeal
20. Review
Chapter 9: Special forms: Interest, advisory and s 188A inquiries
1. Arbitration of interest disputes
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Who may refer interest disputes under the LRA?
1.3 Referral of interest disputes
1.4 Determining disputes of interest
1.5 The award
1.6 Review
2. Demarcation awards
3. Section 188A inquiries
4. Advisory arbitration
5. Alternative forms of arbitration
5.1 Arbitration by way of a 'stated case'
5.2 Arbitration on limited evidence
5.3 'Documents only' arbitrations
5.4 'Split' arbitrations
5.5 'Inquisitorial' arbitrations
5.6 'Pendulum' arbitration
5.7 'Med-arb' or 'con-arb'
5.8 'Arb-med'
Chapter 10: Litigation in the Labour Court: Referrals
1. Introduction
2. Referrals and applications
3. When matters proceed by way of action
4. The statement of claim
4.1 Citation and joinder of parties
4.2 Statement of facts and issues
4.3 Amendment
4.4 Statement of relief
4.5 Signature
4.6 Schedule of documents
4.7 Filing and service
5. The statement of defence
6. Amendment of pleadings
7. The pre-trial conference
8. Consolidation of matters
9. Enrolment for hearing
10. Practice notes
11. The trial
11.1 Presentation of evidence
11.2 Absolution
11.3 Closing argument
12. Separation of merits and relief
13. Judgment
Chapter 11: Litigation in the Labour Court: Applications generally
1. Introduction
2. Matters that proceed by application
3. Service
4. Notice of application
5. Affidavits
6. Set down
7. Practice notes
8. Heads of argument
9. Applications for urgent relief
10. Reviews
Chapter 12: Litigation in the Labour Court: Particular applications
1. Introduction
2. General
3. Urgent interim relief
4. Final interdicts
5. Reviews of disciplinary hearings
6. Orders directing the performance of any act 'which order, when implemented, will remedy a wrong and give effect to' the LRA's objects
7. Declaratory orders
8. Compensation
9. Damages
10. Orders to comply with any provision of the LRA
11. Making arbitration awards orders of court
12. Making settlement agreements orders of court
13. Directions that the CCMA conduct investigations to assist the court and to submit a report
14. Applications to commit for contempt
15. Disputes between registered trade unions or registered employers' organisations and their members
16. Condonation
17. Reviews of the performance or purported performance of any function provided for in the LRA, BCEA or EEA
18. Review of decisions taken or acts performed by the state in its capacity as employer
19. Appeals in certain matters
20. Orders in matters necessary or incidental to performing the court's function in terms of the LRA or any other law
21. Review of arbitration awards
22. Making compliance orders issued in terms of the BCEA orders of court
23. Determination of disputes concerning contracts of employment

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