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

Notices

National Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry of South Africa

National Pension and Provident Funds Collective Agreement

1. Scope of Application
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(1)The terms of this Agreement shall be observed by—
(a)all employers and employees in the Electrical Industry who are members of the employers" organisation and trade unions, respectively,
(b)and who are engaged or employed in the Industry in the following areas :
(i)In the province of the Transvaal and the Magisterial Districts of Sasolburg and Bloemfontein as they existed at 19 June 1985;
(ii)in the Magisterial Districts of Barkley West, Gordonia, Hartswater, Kuruman and Postmasburg as they existed at 18 October 1989;
(iii)in the Province of the Free State (excluding the Magisterial Districts of Sasolburg and Bloemfontein) as it existed at 19 June 1985;
(iv)in the Magisterial Districts of Aberdeen, Adelaide, Albert, Aliwal North, Barkly East, Bedford, Britstown, Carnavon, Cathcart, Colesberg, Cradock, De Aar, Elliot, Fort Beaufort, Fraserburg, Graaff-Reinet, Hankey, Hanover, Hofmeyr, Indwe, Jansenville, King William"s Town, Kirkwood, Komga, Lady Grey, Maclear, Middelburg (Eastern Cape), Molteno, Murraysburg, Noupoort, Pearston, Philipstown, Prince Albert, Richmond (Northern Cape), Somerset East, Sterkstroom, Steynsburg, Steytlerville, Stutterheim, Tarka, Venterstad, Victoria West, Williston, Willowmore and Wodehouse as they existed at 13 April 1995;
(v)in the Magisterial Districts of Albany, Alexandria, Bathurst, Beaufort West, Calitzdorp, George, Humansdorp, Joubertina, Knysna, Ladismith, Mossel Bay, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth, Queenstown, Riversdale, Uitenhage, Uniondale as they existed at 24 November 1995;
(vi)in the Magisterial Districts of the Cape, Wynberg (including that portion of the Magisterial District of Somerset West which, prior to 9 March 1973, Government Notice No. 173 of 9 February 1973, fell within the Magisterial District of Wynberg), Simonstown, Goodwood and Bellville; in those portions of the Magisterial Districts of Malmesbury and Stellenbosch which, prior to the publication of Government Notices Nos. 171 of 8 February 1957 and 283 of 2 March 1962, respectively, fell within the Magisterial District of Bellville and in that portion of the Magisterial District of Kuils River which, prior to the publication of Government Notice No. 661 of 19 April 1974, fell within the Magisterial District of Stellenbosch but which, prior to 2 March 1962, fell within the Magisterial District of Bellville and in that portion of the Magisterial District of Kuils River which, prior to the publication of Government Notice No. 1683 of 7 August 1987, fell within the Magisterial District of Bellville;
(vii)In the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, excluding any portions of that area falling within the former self-governing territory of KwaZulu as it existed prior to the coming into operation of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993(Act No. 200 of 1993);
(viii)The Magisterial District of East London;

 

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1), the terms of this Agreement shall—
(a)apply to employees engaged by employers in the categories specified in clauses 7(4), 8(3)(a) and 9(3)(a),(b) of this Agreement as may be amended from time to time; and
(b)not apply to any employee who at the date of coming into operation of this Agreement is, or thereafter becomes, a participant in or a member of any other fund providing benefits, which fund was in existence on the said date and in which the employer of that employee was on the said date a participant, or to the employer of that employee during such period only as such other fund continues to operate and both employer and employee participate therein, if in the opinion of the Council the benefits of such other fund are, on the whole, not less favourable than the benefits provided by this Fund: and which in respect of the pension/provident funds, provides solely for payment of benefits on death in which case such fund shall not be deemed to be a pension or provident fund for purposes of this agreement.

 

(3)In the event of the expiry of the Main Agreement by the effluxion of time or cessation for any other cause during the currency of this agreement the classes of work and minimum rates of pay prescribed in the said main agreement shall be deemed to be the classes of work and minimum rates of pay for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(4)The provisions of clauses 1(1)(a) and (2) of this Agreement shall not apply to employers and employees who are not members of the employers’ organisation and trade unions, who entered into this Agreement.