This comes when the Minister of Employment and Labour has extended the terms of the Main Agreement of a newly formed Bargaining Council for the Fast Food, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades (‘BCFFRCAT’) to establishments across the entire country, coming with high costs to non-parties in a struggling industry.
The implementation date of this agreement (‘the Main Agreement’) is Monday, 18 January 2021.
President Ramaphosa and many other leaders have committed themselves to economic reform ’to á new economic dawns’. In support of this vision we made regular submissions to government to modernize the economy. Despite class actions by Cofesa, Neasa and the Free Market Foundation to protect the rights of non-parties the Department of Labour tightened legislation and strengthened the discretionary powers of the minister. This further bolstered the powers of the trade unions and the system.
It is time to call on President Ramaphosa to exercise his presidential powers and to place an immediate moratorium on bargaining council extensions to non-members using the ‘Temporary’ Removal of Restrictions on Economic Activities- Act 1987.
This Act “empowers the President to suspend temporarily laws or conditions, limitations or obligations hereunder or to grand temporary exemption from the provisions thereof, if in his opinion circumstances exist under which the application of or compliance with those laws, conditions , limitations or obligations unduly impedes economic development or competition in the economic field, or the creation of job opportunities: and to provide for incidental matters” Mr van der Merwe said.
Cofesa calls on businesses in tourism, catering, fast foods and organised employers’ organisations affected by the surprising extension of a bargaining agreement to non-parties to jointly approach President Ramaphasa for urgent relieve to save the industry and spare thousands of jobs’ Mr TJ van der Merwe, operational manager of Cofesa announced.
Updates
January 22, 2021
The sheer momentum behind this petition proves that the restaurant industry refuses to be crushed by the Department of Labour. Our numbers are a direct indictment of the Minister and his reckless crusade against struggling businesses. Ramaphosa can no longer pretend he does not see the anger boiling over in every corner of this country.
23 Comments
An unaffordable direct and administrative cost to my business. This will certainly result in job losses if not a complete moratorium on hiring.
I am in the hospitality industry suffering first hand the severe consequences of the lockdown and the pandemic
The closure of restuarants also is a death knell to many of the suppliers . Huge job losses
Small business cannot afford these laws as the people making them are sitting in a cosy job with a very large salary ,while we try to keep the doors open and pay salaries even when they close the shops for a lock-down , with that said the landlords just gave us a rent increase as well with the attitude "pay or leave" , government do not care to pay there dues as everything is falling apart and deteriorated to the point of no return and then force these measures down on us as small business ,we are suffering under escalating prices and taxes to make your business survive and now this !!!!
We are barely making a living trying to keep and support staff. This will lead to closing of rhousand of small busines in our trade. More unemployed. What will The Goverment do to help more unemployed. The country has no money
Rassist ruling government is busy with their great reset and thus only tourism grant to BEE 51 percent black owned companies. Not goverment for ALL people and have own hidden agendas.
The ban is unlawful and only in place because government knew their failure to provide proper medical care has been neglected for years.
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This comes when the Minister of Employment and Labour has extended the terms of the Main Agreement of a newly formed Bargaining Council for the Fast Food, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades (‘BCFFRCAT’) to establishments across the entire country, coming with high costs to non-parties in a struggling industry.
The implementation date of this agreement (‘the Main Agreement’) is Monday, 18 January 2021.
President Ramaphosa and many other leaders have committed themselves to economic reform ’to á new economic dawns’. In support of this vision we made regular submissions to government to modernize the economy. Despite class actions by Cofesa, Neasa and the Free Market Foundation to protect the rights of non-parties the Department of Labour tightened legislation and strengthened the discretionary powers of the minister. This further bolstered the powers of the trade unions and the system.
It is time to call on President Ramaphosa to exercise his presidential powers and to place an immediate moratorium on bargaining council extensions to non-members using the ‘Temporary’ Removal of Restrictions on Economic Activities- Act 1987.
This Act “empowers the President to suspend temporarily laws or conditions, limitations or obligations hereunder or to grand temporary exemption from the provisions thereof, if in his opinion circumstances exist under which the application of or compliance with those laws, conditions , limitations or obligations unduly impedes economic development or competition in the economic field, or the creation of job opportunities: and to provide for incidental matters” Mr van der Merwe said.
Cofesa calls on businesses in tourism, catering, fast foods and organised employers’ organisations affected by the surprising extension of a bargaining agreement to non-parties to jointly approach President Ramaphasa for urgent relieve to save the industry and spare thousands of jobs’ Mr TJ van der Merwe, operational manager of Cofesa announced.
Updates
January 22, 2021
The sheer momentum behind this petition proves that the restaurant industry refuses to be crushed by the Department of Labour. Our numbers are a direct indictment of the Minister and his reckless crusade against struggling businesses. Ramaphosa can no longer pretend he does not see the anger boiling over in every corner of this country.
23 Comments
President Ramaphosa exercise your presidential powers and place an immediate moratorium on bargaining council extensions to non-members using the ‘Temporary’ Removal of Restrictions on Economic Activities- Act 1987
An unaffordable direct and administrative cost to my business. This will certainly result in job losses if not a complete moratorium on hiring.
I am in the hospitality industry suffering first hand the severe consequences of the lockdown and the pandemic
The closure of restuarants also is a death knell to many of the suppliers . Huge job losses
Small business cannot afford these laws as the people making them are sitting in a cosy job with a very large salary ,while we try to keep the doors open and pay salaries even when they close the shops for a lock-down , with that said the landlords just gave us a rent increase as well with the attitude "pay or leave" , government do not care to pay there dues as everything is falling apart and deteriorated to the point of no return and then force these measures down on us as small business ,we are suffering under escalating prices and taxes to make your business survive and now this !!!!
We are barely making a living trying to keep and support staff. This will lead to closing of rhousand of small busines in our trade. More unemployed. What will The Goverment do to help more unemployed. The country has no money
Rassist ruling government is busy with their great reset and thus only tourism grant to BEE 51 percent black owned companies. Not goverment for ALL people and have own hidden agendas.
The ban is unlawful and only in place because government knew their failure to provide proper medical care has been neglected for years.
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President Ramaphosa exercise your presidential powers and place an immediate moratorium on bargaining council extensions to non-members using the ‘Temporary’ Removal of Restrictions on Economic Activities- Act 1987