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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

South Western Districts

Main Collective Agreement

Part l

B. Terms and Conditions of Employment

17. Outwork

Purchase

(1)

No employer shall require or allow any of his employees to undertake work in connection with the Furniture Manufacturing Industry elsewhere than in his establishment, except when such work is in completion of an order placed with such employer and consists of fitting, assembling, repairing or polishing furniture in premises owned or occupied by the person for whom the work is undertaken.

(2)	No employee engaged in the Industry shall solicit or take orders for or undertake any work in connection with the Industry on his own account for sale or on behalf of any other person or firm for reward, whether for remuneration or not, while in the employ of an employer in the Industry.

(3)

No employer and/or employee shall undertake any work in connection with the Furniture Manufacturing Industry in any premises other than premises registered under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, or in factories registered with the Council and used solely for the work in the Industry, except such outwork as is provided in for in subclause (1) above.

(4)

No employer shall give out work in connection with the manufacturing of furniture, either in whole or in part, irrespective of the materials used, other than in premises subject to registration in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, and/or factories registered with the Council and used solely for work in the Industry, except such outwork as is provided for in subclause (1).