The BIBC is responsible for regulating and monitoring employment conditions in the building industry in the Cape Peninsula, Boland, Malmesbury and Overstrand areas. By law, all building and building-related contractors (i. e. painters, plumbers, etc. ) must pay their employees the minimum rates as prescribed and contribute to certain minimum employee benefits. These employment conditions are gazetted in the Collective Agreement by the minister of Labour and as such becomes law.

Bargaining Council

Our Functions *To offer a forum to negotiate the Collective Agreement between employer and employee representative organizations on an annual basis *To administer and enforce the Collective Agreement in the building industry. *To resolve all labour disputes in the building industry on behalf of the CCMA *To administer social benefit funds for employees (e. g. retirement, medical aid, sick pay and holiday pay)

Our Functions *To offer a forum to negotiate the Collective Agreement between employer and employee representative organizations on an annual basis *To administer and enforce the Collective Agreement in the building industry. *To resolve all labour disputes in the building industry on behalf of the CCMA *To administer social benefit funds for employees (e. g. retirement, medical aid, sick pay and holiday pay)

Our Functions *To offer a forum to negotiate the Collective Agreement between employer and employee representative organizations on an annual basis *To administer and enforce the Collective Agreement in the building industry. *To resolve all labour disputes in the building industry on behalf of the CCMA *To administer social benefit funds for employees (e. g. retirement, medical aid, sick pay and holiday pay)

Today, the LBC has four essential functions. These are: *To offer a forum to negotiate a collective agreement between employer and employee representative organizations *To administer the collective agreement entered into between employer and employee representative bodies in the laundry, dry cleaning & dyeing industry. The agreement covers standard terms and conditions of employment e. g rates of pay, benefits, holidays etc *To resolve labour disputes within the industry rather than referring them to the CCMA *To administer social benefit funds for employees (e. g. provident fund, sickfund and sick pay)