| 6.1 |
Standard Death and Funeral Scheme (0.F.S.} contributions shall be payable to the Council at the prescribed rates by the employer and employee when 1 hour or more wages per week are payable to an employee. To determine the number of the hours worked by the employee, the calculation must include the ordinary hours worked by the employee as well as the hours which would ordinarily have been worked by the employee on: |
| 6.1.1 |
paid public holidays; |
| 6.1.2 |
trade union representative leave days; |
| 6.1.3 |
the first 3 days per annum of paid sick leave days on condition that an acceptable medical certificate is presented by the employee to his employer and that such sick leave days do not fall on a Monday or a Friday or on the day before or after a public holiday; and |
| 6.1.4 |
family responsibility leave days for the first 2 days only which are related to the death of an employee's spouse, life partner, employee's parent, adoptive parent, grandparent, child, adopted child, grandchild or sibling and upon submission of the relevant death certificate by the employee to his employer. |
| 6.2 |
The abovementioned contributions shall provide for death and funeral benefits for Industry employees, by means of an insurance premium, if applicable, and the D.F.S. administration costs. |
| 6.3 |
The Standard D.F.S. contributions payable to the Council shall amount to the following: |
R9-50 per employee per week as well as an amount of R9-50 per week per employee payable by the employer.
Copyright Act, 1978
