National Employment Council Code of Conduct

1.1 This Code of conduct shall be cited as the National Employment Council for Electronics, Communications, Radio, TV Manufacturing and Allied Industry Code of Conduct and Grievance Handling Procedure, simply referred to as THE CODE. 1.2 This code is drafted in terms of section 101 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28.01] as read together with SI 379 of 1990. 2 PREAMBLE 2.1 The aim of this code is to educate, provide corrective action and ensure that satisfactory standards of discipline are maintained, in conformity with the Labour Act [Chapter 28.01]. 2.2 This Code sets out general policies and guidelines and also provides uniform procedures to fairly, justly and equitably administer discipline and acts as a formal means of redressing grievances. 2.3 Although it is fairly comprehensive, it cannot cover every specific case that can occur hence officials administering the Code and the employees must have regard to the spirit behind it when dealing with such cases. Administering officials shall also act in good faith and discretion must be used when administering the Code of Conduct.