INTRODUCTION
Background
The existence of the Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council which was formerly known as the Public Health and Welfare Sectoral Bargaining Council (PHWSBC) up until the change of name in 2007 to Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council (hereafter referred to as the PHSDSBC) can be traced back to the Labour Relations Act (hereafter the LRA) No. 66 of 1995, section 37, which states:
“The Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council may, in terms of its constitution and by resolution:
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designate a sector of the public service for the establishment of a bargaining council”. |
Pursuant to the afore-mentioned section, the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (hereafter referred to as the PSCBC) designated the PHSDSBC as a bargaining council in 1999.
The PHSDSBC encompasses the State as employer, and its employees who fall within the registered scope of the PSCBC, namely:
Employers and employees employed in:
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the Department of Health in the national sphere of government; |
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the nine Departments of Health in the provincial sphere of government; |
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the Department of Social development in the national sphere of government; |
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the nine Departments of Social Development in the provincial sphere of government. |
All other employees, who are employed in health and social development facilities under the Public Service Act and the Correctional Services Act; their employers; and other health and social development workers, as defined in schedule 1 of the PHSDSBC’ Constitution and employed under the Public Service Act, and their employers.
The PHSDSBC was registered with the Department of Labour on 28 July 1999.
