Despite losing a bid to have the Labour Relations Act amended, the Free Market Foundation has welcomed the clarification provided by the Gauteng high court ruling on the matter.
 
The three-year-long court battle was brought against ministers of labour and justice and constitutional development as well as 47 bargaining councils and challenged section 32 of the Labour Relations Act.
 
The section of the act allows collective agreements reached in bargaining councils by unions and employers to be extended to parties who were not party to the negotiations if they were in the same sector.
 
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