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According to stakeholder intelligence firm Alva, labour relations contributed <1% material impact last quarter but it fell to -11% in Q2, as industrial action increases across the mining sector.

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Job vacancy rates in the Canadian mining, quarrying and oil and gas sector in the third quarter of last year reached a record high of 4.3%

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Labour relations in the mining sector

The mining sector in Peru is highly unionised. One in four workers members of a trade union, and workers in m edium and large companies are, in most cases, represented by at least one union.. Last February we published a study on labour relations in the mining sector, which included an analysis of employment figures, regulatory analysis, dispute resolution …

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The Marikana Massacre: A Historical Overview of the …

attempt to enforce the industry's legal obligations, let alone transform it. Ineffectiveness of the labour movements to handle the workers' grievances South Africa was famous for its solid and sound labour relations culture, particularly in the post-1994 period. Its collective bargaining, with clear guidelines spelling out the responsibilities

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Chapter 14 Employment Relations in South Africa

•To do the hard physical labour African migrant labour was recruited from within and beyond South Africa's borders. •The Chamber of Mines, that recruited labour for the gold mining industry, established a monopsony in recruiting African migrant labour. This enabled the mines to keep their wages low.

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Why is labour strife so persistent in South Africa's mining industry

In January 2014, over 70,000 mineworkers on South Africa's platinum belt embarked on an unprecedented five-month long labour strike. In a socio-economic context of high unemployment, 1 and an estimated 10:1 average dependency ratio 2 on each mining sector job, it is astonishing that workers were willing to forego any income at all. Dependents included, upward of 700,000 …

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Introduction This paper surveys the theme of exploitation of laborers in extractive industries, looking specifically at the mining industry in South Africa and how migrant miners there have ...

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Industrial Action A Setback to Sound Employment …

organisations in the platinum mining industry. It is imperative that not only the symptoms but the issues that create these symptoms be addressed. Such poor industrial and labour relations, have contributed their fair share of problems bedevilling not only the platinum mining sector or entire mining industry, but to the whole of South

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Mining (coal; other mining) sector

Women in mining constitute less than a fifth of the estimated 21.4 million people that work in the hyper-masculine industry. The ILO meeting on women for a more inclusive mining future in Africa agreed concrete actions to promote gender equality in …

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Labour relations in South Africa's mining sector are underpinned by a history of intense negotiations and sometimes, strife. The industry's labour-intensive nature makes effective labour relations not just a legal requirement, …

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An overview of South African labour relations

confl ict is the central objective of modern labour relations. Notably, this form of bargaining in the public sector grew dramatically in the early 1960s and 1970s. During this period, many states passed statutes governing labour relations (Brock and Lipsky 2003:4). The principle factors that inhibited employee-focused

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THE RELEVANCE AND IMPACT OF SOUTH AFRICAN …

conditions.7 The mining sector is a significant contributor to the South African economy;8 it employs 436 000 individuals.9 Many of the workers are from poverty-stricken communities.10 Automation may result in further job losses in the mining sector,11 meaning that labour regulation in the mining sector in South Africa needs reconsideration.

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Dynamics of Continuity and Change: Shifts in Labour Relations …

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A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South Africa

From 1986 to 1996, Basotho workers accounted for over 40 percent of the total labor force employed in the South African mining sector (Harington, McGlashan and Chelkowska, 2004). 5 Over this ...

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Decolonising Labour Laws and Repossessing Subaltern …

The courts also appear not to contextualise the inequalities characterising labour relations in the mining sector. The common law must be seen to close the gap that exists in legislation insofar as transformation and decolonisation are concerned. However, owing to the fact that the labour laws were never drafted from an Afrocentric context, the ...

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Implementing social and labour plans in South Africa: …

In South Africa, mining legislation prescribes collaboration. The Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA, 2002) requires that a mining company submits a Social and Labour Plan (SLP) as part of the company's application for a mining licence.In turn, SLPs must align with local five-year strategic plans called Integrated Development Plans (IDPs).

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2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: Ghana

Table 5. Agencies Responsible for Child Labor Law Enforcement Organization/Agency Role Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (MELR) Enforces child labor laws. (16) Conducts national dialogue on Child Labor-Free Zones and a workshop on Child Labor-Free Zones to discuss child labor in the cocoa industry. (1) Ministry of Local Government

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Women in mining

Home South African Journal of Labour Relations Vol. 39, No. 1. No Access. Women in mining : a conceptual framework for gender issues in the South African mining sector ... The main objective of the study was to critically analyse gender issues in the mining sector and then to develop a conceptual framework that will enable the mining sector to ...

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Employee Relations Satisfaction in South Africa: How it …

of post-1994 labour legislations, such as the Labour Relations Act (66 of 1995) and the Employment Equity Act (55 of 1998), running a profitable business has never been an eas y task for work ...

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The preparation of the labor relations landscape of South …

Labour laws were particularly designed to be worker friendly and to ensure that trade unions could use a fair collective bargaining system to spread the wealth of the mining industry, agriculture ...

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CHILD LABOUR

3.7.4Child Labour Engagement Relations During Gold Mining 28 3.7.5Payment Modalities for Work At Gold Mines and Income Earned 29 3.8Reasons for working in Goldmines 30 ... the mining sector. In Busia district, 120 children (53 male, 67 ) are victims of child trafficking

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Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

Industry: Mining of lithium and the mining and panning of gold, using dangerous chemicals such as cyanide and mercury, and extracting material from underground passages and quarries.† ... Section 3.1 of the Labor Relations (Employment of Children and Young Persons) Regulations; Section 2 of the Children's Act: Prohibition of Slavery, Debt ...

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Child labour

Child labourFocus areasIn many countries children working under the age of 18 is illegal – but not in all. According to the International Labour Organization about 152 million children are engaged in child labour. This includes documented cases in mining sector supply chains and especially within artisanal and small-scale mining. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, …

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SA Journal of Human Resource Management

Purpose: The purpose of this article was to present the current collective engagement stakeholder strategies for South African labour relations. Motivation for the study: The SA mining sector has seen more violent strikes, with a higher number of deaths, injuries, criminal activities, arrests, dismissals and job losses in recent years.

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Informed by the empirical evidence, this paper argues that a two-level game analysis best explains the protracted, frequent and violent nature of labour strikes that have characterised …

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Labour Laws and Workforce Rights in South African Mining

South African mining operates within a comprehensive framework of labour laws and regulations that safeguard the rights and interests of mineworkers, promoting industrial …

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According to stakeholder intelligence firm Alva, labour relations contributed <1% material impact last quarter but it fell to -11% in Q2, as industrial action increases across the mining sector.

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(PDF) Trade union organising in the mining sector:: A …

the most defining feature of mining capital and labour relations in . post-apartheid South Africa (Capps, 2015; Forrest, 2015; Mnwana, ... South Africa's mining industry is a contested terrain ...

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Informed by the empirical evidence, this paper argues that a two-level game analysis best explains the protracted, frequent and violent nature of labour strikes that have …

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Ensuring decent work for women in the mining …

The mining sector plays a critical role in driving economic growth and development on the continent and as such can be paramount to social justice and decent work. ... Minister of Employment, Social Dialogue and Relations …

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The Marikana Massacre: A Historical overview of the labour …

PDF | On Oct 4, 2018, Chitja Twala published The Marikana Massacre: A Historical overview of the labour unrest in the mining sector in South Africa | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...

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New ties, new challenges. Labour relations in the …

labout Relations Council (ELRC) in 1995 ushered in a new era of labour relations. In the broader public sector, major changes are also in the pipeline. These changes pose chaitenges to the union relied on militant action in the past, it now. requires informed, research-dtivcn policy to take on government in the more 'cintiscd' bargaining ...

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An analysis of the Human Resource practices in the …

nature of the mining industry which calls for the industry to engage a huge labour force in order to maximise returns (Matangi, 2006). Despite these challenges, the mining sector in Zimbabwe is on a growth trajectory and the Zimbabwean government has pinned total economic recovery on the revival of the mining industry (Moyo; 2013).

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Tainted Stones: Bonded Labor and Child Labor in the India …

Workers, particularly those mining at quarry sites, are subjected to bonded labor, child labor, low wages, and inhumane working conditions. The lack of occupational health and safety safeguards remains a serious concern in this industry, with mining workers suffering diseases including the incurable and fatal silicosis.

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From Exploration To Operations: Canada's Forced Labour And Child Labour

By now, most Canadian mining companies ought to be aware of the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Act) which came into force on January 1, 2024. The Act imposes a reporting obligation on certain government institutions and private-sector entities that have a nexus to Canada and engage in certain activities.

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