Membership of a SEIFSA association is open to every South African company - regardless of size - operating in the metal, engineering, electrical, electronics, plastics and allied industries.

SEIFSA‘s purpose is to help your company to be successful and profitable. We achieve this by providing a variety of direct services and by means of the work we do at industry and national levels to improve the business environment. In the current highly competitive business environment, SEIFSA champions your cause at the macro level and also provides cost-effective and relevant services to your organisation.

SEIFSA has represented employer associations in the steel and engineering industry for more than sixty years.

Today our members employ over two-thirds of the industry’s workforce making SEIFSA one of the largest and most influential federations in South Africa.

By joining one of the associations that make up SEIFSA you will become part of a powerful body of employers working together to further their common interests.

This is what SEIFSA can do for you.....

NEGOTIATIONS
All negotiations on wages and other conditions of employment with the trade unions are conducted on your behalf by expert negotiators. As a member of an Association federated to SEIFSA, your company is protected against trade union demands for plant-level bargaining on these matters.

ADVICE
Free telephonic advice and information on:

• Labour legislation, bargaining council agreements, dispute resolution and other labour issues;
• Contract price adjustment, import tariffs and import duty rebates, anti-dumping and countervailing duty; investigations, international trade agreements and general trade matters
• All aspects of the Skills Development Act and Skills Development Levies Act and grant claims from the Merseta.

DISCOUNTS
Discounted rates for delegates attending SEIFSA's various workshops and seminars covering a range of industrial relations, skills development and health and safety issues as well as Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) and contract price adjustment courses.

PUBLICATIONS
These include:
An extensive range of industry relevant publications at special discounted rates.

• The well-known and indispensable Handbook of the Main Agreement, now enhanced with a wall chart summarising the key sections of the Main Agreement.
• More than fifteen industrial relations booklets containing guidelines for employers on key employment issues.
• A series of handbooks dealing with Contract Price Adjustment.

COMMUNICATION
To enhance communication with members, SEIFSA runs:

• Annual national roadshow telling members about key industry developments.
• An interactive website at www.seifsa.co.za.
• Regular electronic updates on the latest developments in the industry.

FREE MEMBERSHIP
Free membership of the SEIFSA Education and Training Advisory Committee (Etac) which meets quarterly for updates on key developments in training and development at both national and industry levels.

FREE NEWS
A free copy of SEIFSA News (the federation's official monthly newsletter) with up-to-date information on the latest developments in the industry.

REPRESENTATION
Representation of members' interests on the following national and industry forums:

• Business Unity South Africa (Busa)
• Customs and VAT Enforcement Caucus
• Electricity Intensive Users Form
• Fund for Research into Industrial Development, Growth and Equity (Fridge) Committee of Nedlac
• Fundi Training Centre Governing Body
• Institute of Safety Management (IoSM)
• Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Seta (Merseta)
• Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC)
• Metal Industries Benefit Funds Administrators (Mibfa)
• National Economic, Development and Labour Council (Nedlac)
• National Skills Authority (NSA)
• South African Institute of Iron and Steel Downstreem Development Committee
• Technical Sectoral Liaison Committee on Trade Agreements of Nedlac

Through its membership of these bodies, SEIFSA is able to influence business and policy makers at the highest level and to represent the interests of members. This is aligned to the federation’s vision which is to “add value to our members as the recognized voice of the metal and engineering industry".

BENEFIT FUNDS
SEIFSA represents your company’s interests on the Boards of the following industry benefit funds:

• Metal Industries Provident Fund
• Engineering Industries Pension Fund
• Sick Pay Fund
• Metal and Engineering Industries Permanent Disability Scheme

DISPUTE RESOLUTION REPRESENTATION
SEIFSA represents member employer associations and their companies in:

• Conciliation and arbitration hearings conducted at the bargaining council and the CCMA
• Pre-dismissal arbitrations
• The Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court

CHAIRING DISCIPLINARY ENQUIRIES
SEIFSA provides qualified and experienced persons to chair and run in-company disciplinary enquiries and disciplinary appeal proceedings.