Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

KwaZulu Natal

Extension to Non-Parties of the Provident Fund and Mortality Benefit Association Collective Agreement

Chapter l

9. General Provisions

Purchase

The benefits, rights or interests to which a member of the Provident Fund or Mortality Benefit Association may claim to be entitled to in terms of this collective agreement shall not be used as grounds for damages in any action brought by such member against an employer in respect of dismissal. Nothing in this collective agreement shall in any way restrict the right of an employer to terminate the employment of such a member.

No person, whether a member or otherwise, shall have any claim, right or interest in respect of the Provident Fund or Mortality Benefit Association or any contributions thereto, or any claim against the Council or the Management Committee established in terms of this collective agreement, except under and in accordance with the provisions of this collective agreement.

Subject to the provisions of the insolvency Act, 1936, or any other Act, if the estate of any member and /or his dependant is sequestrated or assigned, the benefit to which such member or dependant is entitled, shall not form part of the assets of his insolvent or assigned estate, but shall revert to the Mortality Benefit Association, and may be dealt with by the Management Committee concerned in a manner calculated, in the opinion of the Management Committee, to benefit such a member or dependant.