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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 Main Collective Agreement

Part 1

19. Registration of Employers and their Employees

 

(1) Every employer shall within one month from the date on which this Agreement comes into operation, who falls within the scope of this Agreement, if he has not done so pursuant to any previous Agreement and every employer entering the Industry after that date shall, within one month of commencement of operations, forward to the Secretary of the Council, in the prescribed manner, the following:
(a) Full registered and / or trading name of the business.
(b) Full particulars of the responsible persons, partners, members or directors.
(c) Physical address where the business is carried on, postal address and residential address of the persons referred to in (b).
(d) the trade or trades carried on by the business in the Industry.
(e) all particulars of employees who fall within the scope of this Agreement in the prescribed form as required by the Council from time to time.

 

(2) No employer shall take into his employ, any employee, unless he has complied with sub-clause (e) above and is able to produce documentary proof that such employee is registered with the Council.
(a) This provision excludes casual employees as defined in this Agreement.

 

(3) Each employer shall notify the Council within 14 days of any change to the details supplied under this Clause.

 

(4) In the event that an employer has submitted a wage guarantee in terms of the former Main Collective Agreement, such guarantee shall remain in place and the Council shall be entitled to invoke the provisions of that Clause, to pay any amount that may be due to the Council by such employer in terms of wages and benefits as prescribed by this Collective Agreement administered by the Council.

 

(5) Every employer who fall within the scope of this Agreement shall in addition, register with the Unemployment Insurance Commissioner as well as the Compensation Commissioner in respect of such requirements as may be legislated from time to time.