ELRC 202324 Annual Report

EDUCATION LABOUR RELATIONS COUNCIL | 2023/24 ANNUAL REPORT

Out of Jurisdiction as per nature: April 2023 to March 2024

Special dismissal related to abuse of learners

Interpretation of collective agreements

ULP Promo/ App

Unfair dismissal

Provinces

Other ULP

BCEA

Total

EC GP

8

10

10

2

4

4

38

10

23

16

1

3

3

56

WC

4

11

6

0

2

2

25

FS

2

5

6

2

4

3

22

MP LP NC NW KZN

3

4

0

0

2

1

10

1

7

4

0

0

0

12

3

1

4

0

1

1

10

5

9

3

1

0

0

18

17

11

13

3

2

0

46

Total

53

81

62

9

18

14

237

Out of the 237 disputes found to be out of jurisdiction; 53 related to ULP-Promotion and Appointments; 81 were other ULP’s; 62 related to Unfair Dismissals; 18 related to BCEA; 14 were related to Interpretation and Application of Collective Agreements and 9 related to Special Disputes in which children are involved either as witnesses or victims and are dealt with through Inquiry by the Arbitrator. It must be noted that the substantive amounts of disputes that were screened out of jurisdiction were due to defective and incomplete referrals, including those that were referred outside timeframes, and condonation was not granted. Processes Conducted: April 2023 to March 2024

Provinces

Conciliation/Pre Arbitration

Arbitration

Total

EC GP

142

447

589

79

358

279

WC

212

59

153

FS

135

44

91

MP

52

16

36

LP NC NW KZN

23

81

104

32

45

77

67

115

182

518

77

441

Total

539

1688

2227

A total of 2 227 events were conducted for the period under review. Of these, 2 227 were events/processes, 539 were conciliations and 1 688 were arbitration events. Ordinarily each conciliation is concluded in a single event. Arbitrations are often conducted more than once, depending on the complexity of each dispute.

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