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

Notices

National Textile Bargaining Council

Employer and Trade Union Agency Shop Collective Agreement

Extension to Non-Parties

Part 2

Annexure C: Home Textiles section

5. Employer Agency Shop

 

5.1 As per the provisions of clause 5 of Part 1 of this Agreement.

 

5.2 An employer agency shop is applicable in the Home Textiles Section.

 

5.3 The applicable employer agency fee shall be equivalent to the membership fee of the relevant employers' organisation in the subsector, namely the South African Home Textile Manufacturers Employers' Organisation, amounting to forty cents (R0,40) per week per employee in this subsector, in line with the Council's main collective agreement bargaining unit.

 

5.4 Accordingly, every employer in this subsector who is not a member of the relevant employers' organisation, namely the South African Home Textile Manufacturers Employers Organisation, shall be bound by the employer agency shop.

 

5.5 Employers in this subsector in line with the Council's main collective agreement, who are not members of the relevant employers' organization, namely the South African Home Textile Manufacturers Employers' Organisation, must be informed of the employer agency fee and the amount that will be payable via the National Textile Bargaining Council.

 

5.6 The Employers in this subsector who are not members of the relevant employers' organization, namely the South African Home Textile Manufacturers Employers' Organisation, shall make the employer agency fee payable to the National Textile Bargaining Council with the monthly returns and shall be transferred into South African Home Textile Manufacturers Employers' Organisation within 30 days of receipt of the amounts by the Bargaining Council.