INDEX

PART ONE : SERVING AND FILING DOCUMENTS

1. How to contact the Commission

2. When are the offices of the Commission open

3. How to calculate time periods in these rules

4. Who must sign documents

5. How to serve documents on other parties

6. How to prove that a document was served in terms of the rules

7. How to file documents with the Commission

8. Documents and notices sent by registered post

9. How to seek condonation for documents filed late

PART TWO : CONCILIATION OF DISPUTES

10. How to refer a dispute to the Commission for conciliation

11. What notice must the Commission give of a conciliation

12. Commission may seek to resolve dispute before conciliation

13. What happens if a party fails to attend or is not represented at conciliation

14. How to determine whether a commissioner may conciliate a dispute

15. Issuing a certificate in terms of section 135(5)

16. Conciliation proceedings may not be disclosed

PART THREE : CON –ARB IN TERMS OF SECTION 191 (5A)

17. Conduct of con-arb in terms of section 191(5A)

PART FOUR : ARBITRATIONS

18. How to request arbitration

19. When must the parties file statements

20. When the parties must hold a pre-arbitration conference

21. What notice must the commission give of an arbitration

22. How to determine whether a Commissioner may arbitrate a dispute

23. How to postpone an arbitration

PART FIVE : RULES THAT APPLY TO CONCILIATIONS AND ARBITRATIONS AND CON-ARBS

24. Where a conciliation or arbitration will take place

25. Objections to a representative appearing before the Commission

26. How to join or substitute parties to proceedings

27. How to correct a citation of a party

28. When the Commissioner may consolidate disputes

29. Disclosure of documents

30. What happens if a party fails to attend proceedings before the Commission

PART SIX : APPLICATIONS

31. How to bring an application

32. How to apply to vary or rescind arbitration awards or rulings

33. How to apply to refer a dismissal dispute to the Labour Court

PART SEVEN : PRE-DISMISSAL ARBITRATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 188A

34. How to request a pre-dismissal arbitration in terms of section 188A

PART EIGHT : GENERAL

35. Condonation for failure to comply with the rules

36. Recordings of Commission proceedings

37. How to have a subpoena issued

38. Payment of witness fees

39. Taxation of bills of cost

40. Certification and enforcement of arbitration awards

41. What words mean in these rules