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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

Wage Negotiation Advisory No. 14

30 June 2017

Wage talks continued on 28 and 29 June 2017 at the MEIBC.  The meetings are the first meetings of the subcommittee nominated by the Management Committee of the MEIBC to try and resolve the current dispute between the parties, under the facilitation of Afzul Soobedaar.

The employer lead negotiator, was requested at the commencement of the first day to seek a mandate from the joint employer caucus on 5 issues:

  1. Wage increases and the issue of them being given on minimums vs actuals
  2. New entrant wage rates
  3. Wording on Section 37 of the Main Agreement (the section which is intended to protect employers against a compulsion to bargain at company level)
  4. A revised exemptions procedure
  5. The backdating of wage increases

Free Workshop for Training Managers and Skills Development Practitioners

Business Unity South Africa is hosting a free workshop on The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) on 30 June 2017.

Participants will be provided with up-to-date information on the development of occupational qualifications and quality assurance programmes.

Please see the invitation below and RSVP to Mr Phila Fakude (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by 29 June 2017.

BUSA QCTO Workshop Invitation 30 June 2017

Wage Negotiation Advisory No. 13

22 June 017

In our last Advisory (No. 12), we explained that talks had deadlocked and that the trade unions had declared a dispute against the employers, who in turn had declared counter disputes against them.  We further explained that this meant that a Special Management Committee (Manco) meeting had to be held within 14 days of the dispute declaration (15 June 2017) and that the Manco would then have to decide how the dispute must be resolved, by choosing one of four options:

Wage Negotiation Advisory No. 12

15 June 2017

The second round of industry wage negotiations took place today (15 June 2017) at the MEIBC in Johannesburg.  We previously circulated two circulars following the discussions, one of which is the Joint Employer Caucus Communication Brief, the other is the employer position tabled at today’s meeting.  Further details of today’s engagement are provided below.