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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 signs wage deal with Solidarity

1 October 2021

Today was a watershed moment for the industry.  SAEFA and Solidarity signed an agreement which we feel will be to the mutual advantage of employees and employers, and the metal and engineering industry as a whole.

This is a ground breaking agreement which opens up opportunities for increased employment, particularly for the young and inexperienced, in the industry and the country.

Please see details below in the Advisory, which may (at your discretion) be placed on company notice boards, together with the signed agreement.

Wage Negotiation Advisory No. 43

Agreement of Settlement

 

NUMSA issues strike notice

29 September 2021

Please see below an update following further engagements between parties to the MEIBC today. 

Due to NUMSA issuing strike notice today, SAEFA will, in conjunction with an independent institution, Tokiso, be conducting an electronic ballot of our members during the course of this week to assess the level of support for members to exercise their right to institute a lock out in response to the strike called by NUMSA. 

This electronic ballot will take place in secret and the following must please be noted by all participants:

  • Only paid-up members in good standing will be entitled to participate in the ballot; and
  • Only one vote per member in good standing will be allowed.

PLEASE TAKE CAREFUL NOTE:

Leave Management & COVID-19 Webinar - 29 September

15 September 2021

Business continues to be exceptionally difficult for industry employers – the industry had not fully recovered from 2008 crash before the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.  Economic indicators paint a bleak picture of the immediate future in manufacturing.

One of the biggest causes of financial strain on a business is having to pay employees where there is no reciprocal value added to the business.  Although employees are entitled to various forms of leave, make sure you’re not leaving money on the table!

The South African Engineers’ and Founders’ Association, in association with Gordon Angus and Associates is running a 2-3 hour webinar on Wednesday 29 September at 14:00, to guide employers through the legislative requirements of all forms of leave, including how to apply Covid-19 Regulations in the workplace.

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Wage Negotiation Update No. 41

14 September 2021

Please see a report below following today’s MEIBC Manco-appointed subcommittee meeting to discuss the dispute declared by NUMSA in the industry wage negotiation:

Wage Negotiation Advisory No 41

We have also included a notice for employees that may be placed on company notice boards, at management’s discretion:

Notice to SAEFA Member Employees - 14 September 2021