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Amended Basic Conditions of Employment Act
2. Purpose of this Act
Basic Conditions of Employment Act (No. 75 of 1997 ) as amended by the
Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act, 2002, Contract Cleaning Wage increase, and Domestic workers wage increase 1 Dec 2007
Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act, 2002, Contract Cleaning Wage increase, and Domestic workers wage increase 1 Dec 2007
Chapter 1 : Definitions, purpose and application of this Act
2. Purpose of this Act
The purpose of this Act is to advance economic development and social justice by fulfilling the primary objects of this Act which are—
(a) to give effect to and regulate the right to fair labour practices conferred by section 23(1) of the Constitution—
(i) by establishing and enforcing basic conditions of employment; and
(ii) by regulating the variation of basic conditions of employment;
(b) to give effect to obligations incurred by the Republic as a member state of the International Labour Organisation.
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