National Bargaining Council For The Road Freight And Logistics Industry

What National Bargaining Council For The Road Freight And Logistics Industry does

The National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI) is a statutory bargaining council established under Section 27 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 and operational since 1946. It is governed jointly by three employer organisations (Road Freight Association, National Employers Association of South Africa, Consolidated Employers Organisation) and four trade unions (SATAWU, MTWU, NUMSA, Tirisano), collectively negotiating and enforcing industry-wide minimum wages and conditions of employment for South Africa's road freight and logistics sector. NBCRFLI serves as the sole statutory bargaining body for the industry, with its collective agreements becoming legally binding on non-parties when extended by the Minister of Labour.

NBCRFLI's operational footprint comprises 18 offices across all nine South African provinces supported by 64 designated agents organised into four enforcement regions. Its digital infrastructure consists of four interconnected self-service portals (E-Business Solution, Employee Portal, Exemptions Portal, and Registration Portal) plus a mandatory Online Returns Solution at nbcrflionline.org.za, supporting core service lines: Funds Administration (leave, sick pay, holiday bonus/13th cheque, provident fund, council levies), Trucking Wellness (primary healthcare, HIV/AIDS and TB screening for drivers and corridor communities), CCMA-accredited Dispute Resolution (including the new Con-Arb process introduced in 2024), Compliance, and Enforcement through designated agent inspections.

Revenue is generated exclusively through mandatory statutory levies and fund contributions from registered employers and employees. Contribution rates include 0.4% of basic weekly wage for minimum-wage employees and 0.075% for Extended Bargaining Unit employees (matched by both employer and employee), plus tiered leave pay (25%-33.3%), holiday bonus (36.08%), sick and absence (20%), and wellness fund (1% from each party) contributions. NBCRFLI is a non-profit body; no financials are publicly disclosed, and no external funding rounds, acquisitions, or ownership changes have occurred given its statutory constitution.

Name

National Bargaining Council For The Road Freight And Logistics Industry

Legal name

National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry

Website

https://nbcrfli.org.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry is a statutory South African bargaining council that negotiates and enforces industry-wide minimum wages and conditions across all nine provinces for the road freight and logistics sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labour Relations Services

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Health and Welfare Funds (525120)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAAAM

Labor & Employment Administration (Workforce Regulation & Programs)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPACAJAF

HR Policy, Governance, Compliance & Risk Advisory

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Consulting & Advisory (HR Strategy, Org Design, Change)

Keywords

• Collective bargaining council
• Labour relations management
• Industry fund administration
• Workforce dispute resolution
• Road freight compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices18 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Council Levies: Mandatory contributions collected from employers and employees in the road freight and logistics industry. Employers pay 0.4% of basic weekly wage for minimum wage employees, and 0.075% for Extended Bargaining Unit (EBU) employees. Employees similarly contribute 0.4% or 0.075% respectively.
2. Leave Pay Fund Contributions: Employer contributions for annual leave: 25% (less than 5 years service), 28.34% (5-10 years), 33.3% (10+ years) of normal basic weekly wage. Contributions are made irrespective of days worked.
3. Holiday Pay Bonus Fund: Employer contributions of 36.08% of each employee's basic weekly wage for 13th cheque payments made in December.
4. Sick and Absence Fund: Employer contributions of 20% of each employee's basic weekly wage for sick leave benefits.
5. Wellness Fund: Both employer and employee contribute 1% of basic weekly wage to fund wellness programs including HIV/AIDS care, TB screening, and primary healthcare services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

NBCRFLI is a statutory bargaining council established under South Africa's Labour Relations Act of 1995 that negotiates and enforces industry-wide collective agreements governing wages and conditions of employment in the road freight and logistics sector. It administers mandatory funds (leave pay, sick pay, holiday bonus, wellness) on behalf of employers and employees, delivers CCMA-accredited dispute resolution, conducts compliance inspections via designated agents, and runs the Trucking Wellness primary healthcare programme for drivers and corridor communities. Operations are delivered through 18 regional offices, four regional agent networks, and integrated online portals for registrations, returns, and exemptions.

Product overview

NBCRFLI operates as a platform-plus-modules organization offering a unified digital portal ecosystem (E-Business Solution, Employee Portal, Exemptions Portal, and Registration Portal) that serves as the front-end for its core services. These digital services support five foundational service areas: Funds Administration (processing leave, sick pay, provident fund, and holiday bonuses), Industry Wellness (Trucking Wellness program and Wellness Fund Health Plan), Dispute Resolution (CCMA-accredited conciliation and arbitration), Compliance Services (collective agreement monitoring), and Enforcement Services (designated agent inspections). The organization also publishes and administers Collective Agreements and Wage Tables that govern the industry. The digital platforms enable employers and employees to access these services, submit returns, register, and manage exemptions online.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Funds Administration
• Trucking Wellness Programme
• Dispute Resolution Service
• Compliance Monitoring Service
• Enforcement Service
• Main Collective Agreement
• E-Business Solution Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• Collective agreements become law within transport industry and binding on non-parties when extended by Minister
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CEP (Corridor Empowerment Project)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNBCRFLI partners with CEP (Corridor Empowerment Project) as part of the Trucking Wellness initiative, providing comprehensive healthcare services to truck drivers and transport corridor communities across Southern Africa.
• Affinity HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNBCRFLI partners with Affinity Health as the service provider for the Wellness Fund Health Plan. Together they identify members' specific needs and make the comprehensive health plan responsive to industry employee requirements. Website: www.nbcrflihealth.co.za
• Road Freight Association (RFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRFA is an employer organisation party to Council. Contact: +27 11 888 1234, [email protected], www.rfa.co.za. RFA participates in collective bargaining and governance of NBCRFLI.
• National Employers Association of South Africa (NEASA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEASA is an employer organisation party to Council. Contact: +27 12 345 6789, [email protected], www.neasa.co.za. NEASA represents employers in collective bargaining negotiations.
• Consolidated Employers Organisation (CEO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO is an employer organisation party to Council. Contact: +27 11 789 0123, [email protected], www.ceo.org.za. CEO participates in collective bargaining and Council governance.
• South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSATAWU is a trade union party to Council. Contact: +27 11 917 1234, [email protected], www.satawu.org.za. SATAWU represents transport workers in collective bargaining.
• Motor Transport Workers Union (MTWU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMTWU is a trade union party to Council. Contact: +27 11 456 7890, [email protected], www.mtwu.org.za. MTWU participates in collective bargaining for motor transport workers.
• National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNUMSA is a trade union party to Council. Contact: +27 11 689 1234, [email protected], www.numsa.org.za. NUMSA represents metalworkers in the industry through NBCRFLI.
• Tirisano Transport and Services Workers Union (TASWU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTirisano is a trade union party to Council. Contact: +27 11 234 5678, [email protected], www.tirisano.org.za. TASWU represents transport services workers in collective bargaining.
• CCMA (Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration)coreTechnology or IntegrationNBCRFLI is CCMA accredited to perform dispute resolution using CCMA-accredited commissioners. These commissioners also arbitrate enforcement disputes. NBCRFLI introduced the Con-Arb process in 2024 per Rule 19.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA): National statutory dispute resolution body that accredits and oversees bargaining councils' commissioners. NBCRFLI uses CCMA-accredited commissioners and introduced its Con-Arb process per Rule 19 in 2024.
• Department of Employment and Labour (South Africa): National government department with overall policy authority over the Labour Relations Act framework under which NBCRFLI operates, and the entity responsible for extending collective agreements.

Direct peers

• National Textile Bargaining Council (NTBC): Statutory council for the textile industry with collective bargaining, fund management, and CCMA-accredited dispute resolution — directly comparable LRA mandate.
• Mining Industry Bargaining Council (MIBC): Major statutory bargaining council for the mining sector, operating comparable collective bargaining, dispute resolution, and fund administration functions. Larger-scale sector counterpart.
• National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry (NBCCI): Statutory council administering collective agreements, funds, and dispute resolution in the chemical sector. Directly comparable in governance structure, fund model, and service portfolio.
• Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI): Statutory bargaining council for the civil engineering sector under the LRA, with analogous collective bargaining, funds administration, dispute resolution, and designated-agent enforcement functions. Most structurally comparable peer to NBCRFLI.
• Bargaining Council for the Building Industry (BCBI): Industry-wide bargaining council for building industry employers and employees with comparable collective agreement, fund administration, and enforcement mandate under the LRA.
• Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO): Bargaining council for the motor industry performing collective bargaining, levy collection, leave/sick/holiday fund administration, and dispute resolution. Closest same-format peer covering a different sector.
• South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC): Bargaining council covering the road passenger transport sector — adjacent industry with the same regulatory framework, fund administration model, and designated-agent enforcement structure as NBCRFLI.

Others

• Road Freight Association (RFA): Employer organisation that is a party to NBCRFLI's Council. An industry stakeholder rather than direct functional peer, but deeply intertwined through governance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NBCRFLITV?si=rreaq8EsXnmS10q1
• Facebookfacebook.com/NBCRFI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-bargaining-council-for-the-road-freight-and-logistics-industry-nbcrfli
• Instagraminstagram.com/nbcrfli

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

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