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Newcastle clothing factories back down in court battle

Factories accept they have no exemption but can still challenge the bargaining council’s jurisdiction

Twenty-four Chinese-owned manufacturers have agreed that they cannot claim an 18-month compliance amnesty or bar bargaining council inspectors from their factories. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb

Twenty-four clothing manufacturers have agreed to an order in the Durban Labour Court confirming that the Department of Employment and Labour cannot exempt them from complying with labour law.
But the companies say it is unclear which bargaining council has jurisdiction over their businesses.
The council says several of the factories had refused its inspectors access, claiming a labour department pilot project protected them for 18 months. The manufacturers deny refusing access.

Twenty-four Chinese-owned clothing manufacturers in Newcastle have agreed, effectively, that they have no labour law “amnesty” and cannot keep the clothing bargaining council’s inspectors…

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