This book provides a thorough analysis of the state of collective bargaining in South Africa today. Drawing on extensive empirical research, it examines the processes which have shaped the collective bargaining system, as well as identifying some crucial questions hanging over its future. Collective bargaining is approached from legal, sociological, economic and historical perspectives, thereby giving a multifaceted view of the system.

While the country's unique history may have left trade unions and bargaining councils in a position of relative strength, it is argued that global market forces - manifested in trends towards non-standard employment and other changes in the job market undermining traditional bargaining relationships - pose a serious threat to these institutions. Trade unionists acknowledge that new strategies are needed to meet these challenges, and many employers see the value of stable bargaining relationships.

The book considers empirical data and initiatives developed by trade unions and employers around the world and raises some policy options that might be considered in seeking a way forward. Ultimately it is up to the parties to debate and negotiate improvements to the legal institutions within which collective bargaining takes place. This book will go a long way to stimulating and informing the debate.

Unfair Discrimination in the Workplace cogently explains the meaning of unfair discrimination and the law on harassment and medical, HIV and psychological testing. The book analyses employer liability for employee discrimination, dispute resolution, prevention of unfair discrimination, the legal defences to a claim of unfair discrimination, and gives examples of dispute resolution procedures. Chapters set out the labour law, constitutional law and international codes for each topic covered in the book. The reader is provided with extracts from case law, conventions and codes of good practice grouped with each type of unfair discrimination. Unfair Discrimination in the Workplace also contains relevant case studies which illustrate commonly encountered discrimination problems and their practical solutions. The amendments to the EEA are taken into account. An extract from the February 2014 draft regulations to the EEA is provided as an Appendix to the book.