AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT LIKELY TO BROADEN SCOPE OF COMPETITION COMMISSION’S ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF MERGERS

Following the recent amendments to the Labour Relations Act1 the Competition Commission could potentially now consider certain temporary and fixed term employees within the scope of employees that might be affected by a merger. The Labour Relations Amendment Act has increased the protection afforded to certain labour broker employees and employees employed in terms of fixed term and part-time contracts.