Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)Chapter VII : Dispute ResolutionPart C : Resolution of disputes under auspices of Commission139. Special provisions for arbitrating disputes in essential services |
| (1) | If a dispute about a matter of mutual interest proceeds to arbitration and any party is engaged in an essential service— |
| (a) | within 30 days of the date of the certificate referred to in section 136(1)(a), or within a further period agreed between the parties to the dispute, the commissioner must complete the arbitration and issue an arbitration award with brief reasons signed by that commissioner; |
| (b) | the Commission must serve a copy of that award on each party to the dispute or the person who represented a party in the arbitration proceedings; and |
| (c) | the Commission must file the original of that award with the registrar of the Labour Court. |
| (2) | The commissioner may not include an order for costs in the arbitration award unless a party, or the person who represented the party in the arbitration proceedings, acted in a frivolous or vexatious manner in its conduct during the arbitration proceedings. |