Neasa approaches Constitutional Court over Main Agreement extension

Following the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court’s dismissal of the National Employers Association of South Africa’s (Neasa’s) applications for interdicting the extension of the Consolidated Main Agreement in the metals and engineering industry, the association plans to file a petition at the Constitutional Court.

The original Labour Court judgment dismissed Neasa’s application to interdict the extension of the Main Agreement, pending a review of the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council’s (MEIBC’s) decision to request Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi to extend the agreement to nonparties.