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

1. Scope of application of Agreement

Purchase

1	The terms of this Agreement shall be observed in the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal—

(a)	by all employers who are members of the employer's organisation and by all employees who are members of the trade union, who are engaged or employed therein, respectively;

(b)	in magisterial districts of Camperdown, Chatsworth, Durban, Inanda, Lower Tugela, Mount Currie, Pietermaritzburg and Pinetown;

2	Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-clause (1), the provisions of this collective agreement shall—

(a)	only apply in respect of employees for whom minimum wages are prescribed in the Council's main collective agreement and employers of such employees

(b)	apply to learners in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Skills Development Act, 92 of 1998 or any contracts entered into or any conditions fixed thereunder;

(c)

Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, employers who carry on not more than one business within the scope of application of this collective agreement and who employ less than five employees at all times in connection with such business, shall be entitled to the phasing in concessions as contained within Clause 1(3) of the main collective agreement, provided that for the purpose of giving effect to Clause 12(1)(d) of this agreement, the contribution shall be based on the wage prescribed for the highest paid employee in Part 2 Annexure A of the main collective agreement.

(d)	The terms of this collective agreement shall not apply to non-parties in respect of clauses 1(1)(a) and 2.