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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak

NTBC COVID-19 AGREEMENT

		NTBC COVID-19 Lockdown Gazette Collective Agreement - (07 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 1 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (26 March 2020)
		NTBC Circular 2 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (29 March 2020)
		NTBC Circular 3 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (02 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 4 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (06 April 2020)
		D.O.L Application - COVID NTBC Amended - (05 April 2020) 1
		NTBC Circular 5 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation 2020 - (07 April 2020) 2
		UIF Compensation Payment Template - URGENT, please submit only using this Excel template - (07 April 2020) 3
		NTBC Circular 6 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (08 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 7 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (15 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 7 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (15 April 2020) attachment 1
		NTBC Circular 7 for COVID-19 UIF Compensation - (15 April 2020) attachment 2
		NTBC Circular 8 of 2020 COVID-19 - (25 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 9 of 2020 COVID-19 - (25 April 2020)
		NTBC Supplementary Circular 10 of 2020 COVID-19 - (27 April 2020)
		Textiles COVID-19 Amending Agreement final for gazettal - (24 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 11 of 2020 COVID-19 - (29 April 2020)
		NTBC Circular 12 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (4 May 2020)
		COVID stage 4 Minister media statement 3 - (3 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 13 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (4 May 2020)
		NTBC COVID-19 Amending Agreement Government Gazette No. 43267 - (4 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 14 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (6 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 15 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (13 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 16 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (21 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 17 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (25 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 18 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (25 May 2020)
		NTBC Circular 19 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (11 June 2020)
		NTBC Circular 20 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (15 June 2020)
		NTBC Circular 21 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (16 September 2020)
		NTBC Circular 22 of 2020 for COVID-19 - (29 September 2020)

		COVID-19 Corona Virus South African Resource Portal
		Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa to combat (COVID-19) epidemic
		COVID-19 Block Exemption for the Healthcare Sector - (19 March 2020)
		Consumer and Customer Protection Gazette - (19 March 2020)
		Disaster Management Act Gazette - (18 March 2020)
		Remarks by Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition - Ebrahim Patel
		Notice on Compensation for Occupationally acuired corona virus under COIDA Amended Act
		The Small Business COVID-19 Survival Guide
		Final lockdown regulations
		Government Regulations and Guidelines - Coronavirus Covid-19
		Amended COVID-19 Temporary Employee / Employer Relief Scheme (C19 TERS) - (16 April 2020)

The Labour Relations Act (LRA) makes provision for the setting up of bargaining councils for each of the major sectors in South Africa. The bargaining councils consist of representatives from the major unions and employer groups within each of the sectors and their main purpose is to reach consensus on terms and conditions of their specific industries. The terms and conditions agreed on by the councils are contained in a collective or main agreement.

The Main Agreement allows each sector to develop - through consensus between labour and employers - terms and conditions that are appropriate to that sector.

The LRA contains certain guidelines and provisions for the setting up of a bargaining council. The unions and employer groups in the council should respectively represent the majority of workers and employers in the sector.

Once a collective agreement has been agreed on, it is gazetted by the Minister of Labour. Its terms then extend to all of the workers and employers in the sector, including those who are not members of the union/s or employer group/s represented on the bargaining council.


Main Agreement	Agreement Number	Date
NTBC Main Collective Agreement	No. 42684	06 September 2019
NTBC COVID-19 Lockdown Collective Agreement	No. 10177	07 April 2020
NTBC COVID-19 Amending Agreement	No. 43267	04 May 2020
NTBC Main Collective Ammending Agreement	No. 44029	24 December 2020
NTBC Extension to non parties of the employer and trade union agency shop collective agreement	No. 44293	19 March 2021

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	NTBC Constitution
	NTBC Main Collective Agreement
	HIV/AIDS Policy
	Code of Good Practice Basic Conditions of Employment and Pregnancy
	Code of Good Practice on the Arrangement of Working Time
	NTBC COVID-19 Lockdown Collective Agreement
	NTBC Main Collective Ammending Agreement - 24 December 2020
	NTBC Extension to non parties of the employer and trade union agency shop collective agreement

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