QUESTION 1
One of the main ingredients of a system of collective bargaining is the right to join and participate in the activities of a trade union. What is the extent of this protected right and what are the prohibited acts related to this right?
QUESTION 2
Write briefly on the following:
(a) Agency shop orders; and
(b) Deductions from the remuneration of a worker for the employer's benefit.
QUESTION 3
An industrial dispute is defined by S. 2 of the Industrial Relations Act 1973 as:
"a dispute between an employee or a trade union of employees and an employer or a trade union of employers which relates wholly or mainly to- (a) a contract of employment or a procedure agreement
(b) the engagement or non-engagement, or termination or suspension of employment, of an employee; or
(c) the allocation of work between employees or groups of employees."
Describe the three above-mentioned elements [(a) to (c)] involved in the definition of an industrial dispute.
QUESTION 4
Section 32(2) of the Labour Act provides for 2 key elements during a dismissal procedure, namely
(a) the "opportunity to answer the charge"; and
(b) the period within which the dismissal itself must be effected
Describe in detail what the law means by the "opportunity to answer the charge"