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South African Engineers and Founders Association

The SA Engineers and Founders Association (SAEFA) represents the interests of hundreds of member companies in the metal and engineering industry. These companies range in size from very small employers to large multinational organisations. SAEFA not only offers a wide range of direct services to member companies but also represents the interests of our members at both industry and national levels. 

SAEFA’s direct services to member companies, available at a reduced fee to these companies compared to what a non-member company would pay in the market, include assistance on all matters affecting the relationship between themselves and their employees/trade unions – for example:

  • Dispute resolution, conciliation, mediation and arbitration services 
  • Advice, assistance, consultancy and training on labour legislation, employment conditions and all other Industrial Relations matters
  • Assistance is also provided with health and safety matters, broad-based black economic empowerment, contract price adjustments and skills development through our affiliate organisations

For full information on these services contact SAEFA’s Executive Director, Gordon Angus, at gordon@saefa.co.za. 

SAEFA also represents the interests of our member companies in all industry negotiations with the industry’s trade unions, not only on wages and other conditions of employment but also on the industry’s benefit funds which provide benefits to employees such as pensions, permanent disability and sick pay benefits. SAEFA has its own seats at the MEIBC, participating directly in all activities there.

Being a member of SAEFA allows you to have a direct say in what happens in your industry.

 

News

SAEFA brings you Back to the Future, a breakfast with Frans Cronje on 8 November @ 07:30am

Bonus update, a  strategic report was released  late last week by the Centre for Risk Analysis at the IRR on how the leadership race in the ANC is likely to conclude and what the long-term implications for South Africa and the economy will be. This makes this breakfast even more relevant to attend.

See below to register and note that we will cater for special dietary requirements.

Clem Sunter wrote in the foreword to Frans Cronje's book, S.A. in 2030, "Nobody can predict precisely the way the future is going to play out in the long term.  That is why it is much better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong.  Scenario planning is a methodology that accepts this principle by identifying the forces or trends that are shaping the future."

GBS Annual Labour Law Seminar

10 October 2017

We are pleased to announce that members of the SA Engineers and Founders Association have been offered a 15% discount on the 2017 Annual Labour Law Update Seminar, presented by Global Business Solutions.

Members wanting to attend this world-class seminar are requested to indicate that they are SAEFA members on the box “How did you find out about this Seminar”, to qualify for this discount.

About the course:

Global Business Solutions’ Annual Labour Law Update Seminar is a day-long session during which our CEO - renowned labour law specialist, speaker and lecturer Jonathan Goldberg - unpacks the latest labour law cases. Most importantly, he will tell you what these mean for your business so that you are one step ahead by amending company policies and/or procedures in line with recent case law rulings.

SAEFA MEMBERS MAY NO LONGER DEDUCT THE MEIBC ADMIN LEVY FROM EMPLOYEES

9 October 2017

At a Management Committee (Manco) meeting on Friday last week, the SA Engineers and Founders Association upheld its long-standing mandate of not contributing increased funding to the MEIBC without first seeing meaningful change toward a more transparent, impartial and efficient Council.  It is now ILLEGAL for SA Engineers and Founders’ members to deduct or pay over Admin Levies.  Of course, this means that there are no longer any matching contributions to be made by the employer, either.

A new Administration and Registration Expenses Collective Agreement was adopted by all of the Associations affiliated to SEIFSA, as well as the trade unions, highlighting their complete lack of commitment to meaningful change.  All employer associations not affiliated to SEIFSA did not sign the agreement.  This action effectively released SA Engineers and Founders’ members from any obligation to contribute.  It is this Association’s opinion that any increased funding at this point would be similar to bailing out SAA or the SABC, without any credible strategy to return them to viability and profitability. 

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REPORTING

Designated Employers are required to submit employment equity reports annually to the Department of Labour, illustrating their company’s employment profile, employee demographics and income differentials. The reporting period begins 1 October of each year, and companies have until 15 January to complete their submission.

If you are unsure if you are a designated employer, ask yourself these 2 questions:

  1. Do you employ more than 50 employees?
  2. Is your annual turnover more than the industry threshold as depicted in the table?