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A labor court (or labour court or industrial tribunal) is a governmental judiciary body which rules on labor or employment-related matters and disputes. In a number of countries, labor cases are often taken to separate national labor high courts.
The Labour Court is a South African court that handles labour law cases, that is, disputes arising from the relationship between employer, employee and trade union. The court was established by the Labour Relations Act, 1995 , and has a status similar to that of a division of the High Court .
The Labour Relations Act 1995 is a pivotal piece of legislation, as it recognises the need for fast and easy access to justice in labour disputes. The Industrial Court had the status of a High Court, and therefore was not accessible to all labourers.
vi. Compelling production of any document - For deciding any matter before it, the court can also compel the production of any object or documents relating to it. vii. issuing Commissions - Labour courts for the purpose of examination of witnesses or documents, had been empowered with powers to issue commissions viii.
The Labour Court has also asked both sides not to engage in any escalation of the dispute. The developments come amid intensifying efforts to find a resolution to avert further travel disruption ...
Employment tribunals were created as industrial tribunals by the Industrial Training Act 1964. [2] Industrial tribunals were judicial bodies consisting of a lawyer, who was the chairman, an individual nominated by an employer association, and another by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) or by a TUC-affiliated union.
The general guarantee of fair labour practices has far-reaching effects on the civil courts’ approach to the interpretation of the rights of parties to employment contracts. All courts are enjoined, when applying and developing the common law, to have due regard to the spirit, purport and objects of the Bill of Rights.
There exist various institutional arrangements that can provide employment protection: the private market, labour legislation, collective bargaining arrangements and not the least, court interpretations of legislative and contractual provisions.