designated employer

designated employer

means—

(a)	an employer who employs 50 or more employees;

(b)	an employer who employs fewer that 50 employees, but has a total annual turnover that is equal to or above the applicable annual turnover of a small business in terms of Schedule 4 to this Act;

(c)	a municipality, as referred to in Chapter 7 of the Constitution;

(d)	an organ of state as defined in section 239 of the Constitution, but excluding the National Defence Force, the National Intelligence Agency and the South African Secret Service; and

[Paragraph (d) amended by section 1(a) of Act No. 47 of 2013]

(e)	an employer bound by a collective agreement in terms of section 23 or 31 of the Labour Relations Act, which appoints it as a designated employer in terms of this Act, to the extent provided for in the agreement;