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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Addendum 1 : Contributions, Levies and Registration Fees payable to the Council

8. Death and Disability Scheme (D.D.S.) Contributions and Provident Fund Contributions in respect of the Newly Employed Employee Concession

 

8.1. YEAR  ONE  to  YEAR  THREE:  These  D.D.S. contributions are exclusively applicable to newly employed employees from year one to year three of employment and shall be payable to the Council at the prescribed rates by the employer only when more than 20 hours' wages per week are payable to an employee. To determine the number of 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:
8.1.1 paid public holidays;
8.1.2 trade union representative leave days;
8.1.3 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
8.1.4 family responsibiltty 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.

[Clause 8(8.1) substituted by section 14(1) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]

 

8.2 The D.D.S.  contributions  for  employees  employed  under the Newly  Employed Employee Concession (NEEC) payable to the Council shall amount to the following:
8.2.1 YEAR ONE to YEAR THREE of employment — R10-46 per week per employee, payable by the employer ONLY.
8.2.2 YEAR FOUR of employment — R8-00  per week  payable  by the employee and R8-00 per week payable by the employer.
8.2.3 YEAR FIVE of employment and onwards — R13-25 per week payable by the employee and R13-25 per week payable by the employer (refer to clause 9.3).

[Clause 8(8.2) substituted by section 14(2) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]

 

8.3 Provident  Fund contributions for employees employed under the Newly  Employed Employee Concession (NEEC) payable to the Council shall amount to the following:
8.3.1 YEAR FOUR of employment

General Worker:

R19-50 (3% of R650-00) per week from the employee PLUS an equal amount per week from the employer, subject to Death and Disability Scheme contributions (refer to clause 8.2.2) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.

All other Occupation:

Skills Levels:

R28-20 (3% of R940-00) per week from the employee PLUS an equal amount per week from the employer, subject to Death and Disability Scheme contributions (refer to clause 8.2.2) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.
8.3.2 YEAR FIVE of employment and onwards

General Worker:

R39-00 (6% of R650-00) per week from the employee PLUS an equal amount per week from the employer, subject to the standard Death and Disability Scheme contributions (refer to clause 9.3) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.

All other Occupation

Skills Levels:

R56-40 (6% of R940-00) per week from the employee PLUS an equal amount per week from the employer, subject to the standard Death and Disability Scheme contributions(refer to clause 9.3) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.

[Clause 8(8.3) substituted by section 14(4) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]