Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry: Conditions of Employment Collective AgreementNational Exemptions Policy for the Civil Engineering Industry1. Introduction |
| 1.1 | The purpose of this document is to set out the policies which will apply to the consideration of applications for exemptions. |
| 1.2 | The Council should determine the appropriate level at which exemption decisions will be made and may choose to implement one of the following approaches in this regard: |
| 1.2.1 | Determine the specific types of exemption applications which "The Exemptions Body" may deal with and those which could be referred to the Office for decision; or |
| 1.2.2 | Determine that all exemption applications must be dealt with by the "The Exemptions Body". |
| 1.3 | Exemptions shall be dealt with within 30 days of receipt thereof. |
| 1.4 | Where the Office or "The Exemptions Body" is given the authority to deal with an exemption application and an appeal is lodged against the Office or "The Exemptions Body" decision then this appeal must be referred to the Independent Exemptions Appeal Board for final decision. |
| 1.5 | Exemption applications must be considered on the basis of criteria established by the Management Committee (MANCO) in order to ensure consistency in the granting or refusing of exemption applications and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6, Clause 1 of the Main Agreement, or in part, or amend the conditions under which the exemption was issued, or amend the conditions of employment and other matters regulated under the exemption |