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

16. Incentive Bonus

Purchase

(1)

Subject to the condition that no employee may be paid less than the amount he would be entitled to in terms of this Agreement, an employer may base an employee's remuneration on his output or the quantity of work done: Provided that no such remuneration shall be permissible except in the form of an incentive scheme, the terns of which have been agreed upon as set out in subclauses (2), (3) and (4) below.

(2)	Any employer who wishes to introduce an incentive scheme shall set up a joint committee of representatives of the management and the employees, which may agree upon the terms of any such scheme.

(3)

The terms of any such incentive scheme, and any subsequent alteration thereto which may have been agreed upon by the committee, shall be reduced to writing and be signed by the members of the committee and shall not be varied by the committee or terminated by either party unless the party wishing to vary or terminate the agreement has, in writing, given the other party such notice as may be agreed upon by the parties when entering into such an agreement.

(4)	An employee employed on an incentive bonus scheme for any period of time shall be paid by the employer the full amount earned by him under the incentive bonus rates agreed upon in terms of this clause.

(5)	The provisions of this clause shall not apply to learners or apprentices.