The BCEA provides for the establishment of an Employment Conditions Commission which investigates conditions in a particular industry or sector. Meetings are held to discuss the establishment of a sectoral determination. Anyone who is interested in having a say in a particular industry can attend these meetings which are advertised in the government gazette.

When the Employment Conditions Commission has heard all the information, it makes recommendations to the Minister of Labour. Once the minister approves the recommendations, they are published in the Government Gazette as a wage determination or sectoral determination.