The role of bargaining councils, the central pillar of collective bargaining in South Africa, in the formation of wages is important in the context of high unemployment rates in South Africa. In this study we find that while institutionalized collective bargaining system covered substantially...

During 2006 and 2007, a selection of research papers, in the main written by labor law experts, have provided critical input and guidance on the nature of the debate around the efficiency of the labor regulatory environment in South Africa. In November 2007, key stakeholders from government,...