The LRA covers things like:

• Rights of employees to form and join a union
• Rights of employers to form and join an employers’ organisation
• The rights of trade unions in the workplace
• Collective bargaining
• Bargaining councils and statutory councils
• The establishment of workplace forums, which allow employees to participate in management decisions at work
• Fair and unfair labour practices
• Procedures that must be followed for dismissals to be fair
• Dispute resolution structures and procedures, including the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
• Industrial action