Exam (elaborations) llw2602 LLW2602 Assignment 1 Semester 1 & 2 2021

QUESTION 1 Describe an ‘agency shop agreement’ as a form of trade union security arrangement An agency shop agreement is a union security arrangement provided for and recognized by section 23(6) of the Constitution and is regulated in terms of section 25 of the LRA. An agency shop agreement is ‘a written agreement concluded between an employer and a representative trade union in terms of which the employer deducts an agreed agency fee from the wages of employees identified in the agreement who are not members of the trade union, but are eligible for membership thereof’. The purpose of an agency shop agreement is to address the problem of ‘free-riders’ (employees who do not pay union subscriptions, but obtain the benefits of the union’s bargaining). Agency-shop agreements are regulated by section 25 as follows: a) An agency-shop agreement is concluded by a majority