Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill B30-2017

1st December 2017

To amend the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, so as to substitute and insert certain definitions; to provide for daily wage payments applicable to certain employees; to repeal the provisions dealing with sectoral determinations and the Employment Conditions Commission; to extend the jurisdiction of the Commis-sion  for Conciliation, Mediation  and  Arbitration;  to  extend  the  provisions  for
monitoring and enforcement by the labour inspector; to include enforcement of the provisions of the National   Minimum   Wage   Act,   2017, the  Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 and the Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act, 2002; to provide for claims for underpayment; to provide for transitional arrangements; to regulate  sectoral  determinations  currently  in  force;  to  strengthen  collective
bargaining in respect of the sectors regulated by those sectoral determinations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.