Owing to your affiliation to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration $($CCMA$),$ a reputation that precedes you and a successful track record as an effective labour relations consultant, you have been approached by a start$-$up company as they need to understand and familiarise themselves with the South African labour market. You are required to furnish them with your expertise understanding of the occurrences that necessitated the requirement for employment relations in South Africa, to scrutinise on their behalf the factors that constitute good employment relations in South Africa, to provide a detailed explanation of the participants in the labour relationship, a clear elaboration of how the CCMA serves as an independent dispute resolution body and finally a discussion on how an organisation can strive to minimise disputes

Question Two

Discuss the relationships between the three participants in the labour relationship. In terms of their commonality of interest, duties of each party and issues that rise conflict. Note that the rights of one party are the duties of the other party