CCMA ANNUAL REPORT

Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Annual Report 2022/23

SECTOR PARTIES

EMPLOYEES LIKELY TO BE RETRENCHED

TOTAL RETRENCHMENT

JOBS SAVED

Road Freight

Motor Transport Workers Union (MTWU) & SASBO obo Members and SBV Services (Pty) Ltd NUMSA – SATAWU - Pearson Teachers Union (PTU) - National Transport Movement (NTM) & MTWU obo Members/Crossroads NUMSA-MISA and South African Chemical Workers Union (SACWU) obo Members and TrenTyre South African (Pty) Ltd

407

18

389

Transport

200

7

193

Tyre

950

950

0

TOTAL 4 226 The decline in Section 189A applications should be read in context with the number of employees likely to be retrenched. It is worth noting that the number of employees who were likely to face retrenchment in the previous financial year has declined by 24% whilst the number of Section 189A applications also declined by approximately 10.16%, this is indicative of business recovery and stability. Unfortunately, these positive results may be short-lived due to the impact loadshedding has on business operations. The CCMA across provinces ensured ongoing support to stakeholders through active monitoring of unresolved mutual interest disputes and made appropriate offers of assistance in terms of Section 150 of the LRA (1995, as amended). During the 2022/23 financial year, the CCMA participated in various high-profile wage disputes. Selected highlights are cited below: 6 512 2 286

Mining – Gold: The CCMA resolved the protracted wage dispute with Sibanye Stillwater Gold Division with AMCU and NUM following three (3) months of industrial action and two (2) weeks Section 150 and support process that resulted in a three (3)-year agreement being reached.

Mining

Parastatals – The Section 150 intervention conducted for Transnet and United National Transport Union (UNTU) and SATAWU was settled.

Parastatals

Transport – The Section 150 intervention conducted for PUTCO (Pty) Ltd/NUMSA – TASWU – TAWU and AMCU was settled.

Transport

FIGURE 6: SELECTED HIGH-PROFILE WAGE DISPUTES Wage settlement trends across various sectors ranged between five-point five percent (5.5%) and seven percent (7%) with an average wage increase of six-point two percent (6.2%). The highest wage increase was noted in the Manufacturing, Mining and Quarrying sectors which also recorded the highest minimum wage. The bargaining councils play an integral role in industry sustainability and employment security by serving their members interests through their management and implementation of industry-wide negotiations and agreements. The CCMA

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