Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership

dc.contributor.advisorFergus, Emma
dc.contributor.authorChennels, Jack
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-08T10:05:15Z
dc.date.available2026-05-08T10:05:15Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2026-05-08T10:03:16Z
dc.description.abstractAlthough the LRA and the Constitution understand that conflict is inevitable in the relationship between employer and employee, it is not conflict of such a violent nature, as has become associated with the process of striking in recent times, which they are referring to and intending to permit. Despite how it has been perceived by the courts and by commentators generally, the threat which conflict under the LRA aimed to allow is the threat of the peaceful with-holding of labour. Strike related violence and bad faith negotiation tactics have been on the rise in South Africa and it is not unusual for parties across the negotiation table from each other to accuse their opposition of some form of misdirection and bad faith, or for animosity to become even more prevalent once an agreement has been reached due to the manner in which the negotiations were conducted. Cheadle states that “it is one of the ironies of collective bargaining that its very object, industrial peace, should depend on the threat of conflict.” He does go on to add that the difference to international standards and expectations comes in how the LRA requires no implicit need for strikes to be preceded by good faith negotiations whereas conventional labour relations does.
dc.identifier.apacitationChennels, J. (2014). <i>Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Development and Labour Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43206en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChennels, Jack. <i>"Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Development and Labour Law, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43206en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChennels, J. 2014. Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Development and Labour Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43206en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chennels, Jack AB - Although the LRA and the Constitution understand that conflict is inevitable in the relationship between employer and employee, it is not conflict of such a violent nature, as has become associated with the process of striking in recent times, which they are referring to and intending to permit. Despite how it has been perceived by the courts and by commentators generally, the threat which conflict under the LRA aimed to allow is the threat of the peaceful with-holding of labour. Strike related violence and bad faith negotiation tactics have been on the rise in South Africa and it is not unusual for parties across the negotiation table from each other to accuse their opposition of some form of misdirection and bad faith, or for animosity to become even more prevalent once an agreement has been reached due to the manner in which the negotiations were conducted. Cheadle states that “it is one of the ironies of collective bargaining that its very object, industrial peace, should depend on the threat of conflict.” He does go on to add that the difference to international standards and expectations comes in how the LRA requires no implicit need for strikes to be preceded by good faith negotiations whereas conventional labour relations does. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Labour Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership TI - Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43206 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/43206
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChennels J. Corporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Development and Labour Law, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43206en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Development and Labour Law
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectLabour Law
dc.titleCorporate governance and labour relations: a sustainable partnership
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMPhil
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