Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing IndustryKwaZulu NatalExtension to Non-Parties of the Provident Fund and Mortality Benefit Association Collective AgreementChapter l3. Definitions |
All expressions used in this collective agreement which are defined in the Labour Relations Act, 1995, shall have the same meaning as in that Act, and unless the contrary intention appears, all words and expressions importing the masculine shall include the feminine gender, and those signifying the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; further unless inconsistent with the context—
means an agreement entered into between the Council and the Provident Fund or the Association or both in the rendering of administrative services
means the Natal Furniture Workers' Mortality Benefit Association continued in terms of clause 15(1) of this collective agreement;
means a public accountant as defined in the Labour Relations Act for the purpose of the Mortality Benefit Association;
means supplementary, supporting or additional to;
means an amount of money;
means an employee who is employed by the same employer on not more than three days in any one week for the purpose of loading and /or off loading and /or storing raw materials of any kind;
"Committee" or "Management Committee"
for the purposes of the administration of Funds under the auspices of the Council, means the Committee appointed by the Council in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of this collective agreement.
means the monies payable to the Fund in terms of clause 12 of this collective agreement and /or monies diverted to the Association in terms of clause 12(4).
means the Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, KwaZulu-Natal;
means in relation to a member for the purposes of Mortality Benefit Association Fund as reflected in Chapter lll of this Agreement
| (a) | his wife; |
| (b) | his widow; |
| (c) | his minor child, legally adopted child, foster child, or minor step child; or |
| (d) | any other person wholly dependant upon such member who satisfies the Committee that he is so dependent: Provided that the Committee's decision as to who the dependants of the deceased member are, shall be final; |
means Financial Services Board;
means the Provident Fund for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, KwaZulu-Natal, continued in terms of clause 10 of this collective agreement;
means the period from midnight between Thursday and Friday to midnight between the following Thursday and Friday, or such other time as may be agreed upon by the Council;
means without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, the manufacture of furniture either in whole or in part of all types of furniture irrespective of the materials used and shall include the following:
| (a) | Furniture : |
Assembling of all items and / or components of furniture, repairing, spraying, polishing, re-polishing, wood machining, veneering, woodturning, carving, painting, staining, wood bending and laminating, the making of and / or repairing of frames, loose covers and / or cushions. Furniture manufacturing shall also include hotel, tea room or restaurant furniture, office, church, school, bar and theatre furniture, cabinets for musical instruments and radio cabinets. The veneering, laminating, papering and / or wrap of all types of doors, large or small, including the manufacturing of all items or components, whether or not such items are intended to be free standing, built in and / or affixed to a building as listed in (i) to (vii) below:
| (i) | dressers, cupboards, units for the housing of sinks and appliances, grocery cupboards, shelves, pigeon holes, worktops, tables, chairs, benches and pelmets; |
| (ii) | multi-purpose cabinets which can be used either singly or in combination with each other for various purposes, including kitchen dressers, kitchen cupboards and fittings including cupboards and / or cabinets in any other part of a building; |
| (iii) | headboards and pedestals for beds, wardrobes and wall units; |
| (iv) | other cabinets and cupboards, benches, tables, chairs, benches for laboratories, shops, offices or banks; |
| (v) | counters, shelves and cupboards for use in bars, hotels, shops, offices or banks |
| (vi) | the assembly of and fitting in any building of any type of furniture; |
| (vii) | the repairing or remedying in any building of any type of furniture; |
| (b) | Bedding : |
The manufacture and / or processes involved in the manufacture of bedding, including all types of mattresses, spring mattresses, overlays, pillows, bolsters, spring units, bed spring mattresses and studio couches, which is designed for seating and / or conversion into a bed and of which the frame is constructed mainly of metal and the seating and / or sleeping surface consists of a mattress and / or cushion.
| (c) | Upholstery: |
The upholstering and / or re-upholstering of all types of furniture, or item of furniture, bedding, pelmets and mattress bases.
| (d) | Curtain Making: |
The making, altering, repairing and / or fitting of curtains, rails, rods and pelmets.
| (e) | Cane Furniture: |
The manufacturing of furniture made principally of wicker, cane and / or grass.
| (f) | Ancillary Items: |
The manufacture in a factory, building and / or elsewhere in conjunction with items specified under (a) to (e) products of which wood constitutes the main component, which shall include plywood, veneer boards, chip board, laminated board, block board and / or any similar product for use in;
| (i) | the erection, completion, renovation, repair, maintenance or alteration of permanent finish of buildings or structures, including but not limited to mouldings, skirting boards, panelling, shelving, banisters, partitioning and shall include doors and door frames, windows and window frames. |
means the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995);
means an employee serving under a written contract of learnership entered into under the provisions of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998).
means any current agreement for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry, KwaZulu-Natal, published in terms of section 32 of the Act, in which wages are prescribed, or in the absence of such an agreement, the last wage agreement published for the Industry in terms of the Act;
means an employee who has been admitted as a member of the Provident Fund and /or Association in terms of the Rules as registered with FSB and /or with clause 11 and clause 17 and the words "member" and "membership" shall have a corresponding meaning;
means the wage based on an employee's earnings and payable had he worked 44 hours, excluding overtime, holiday pay and any bonus, during any one week.
means the age of 65 years or over;
means Friday in each week except where Friday is a non-working day, when the pay-day shall be the last working day preceding Friday or any day in respect of which exemption has been granted by the Council to permit it being a pay-day;
means the Pension Funds Act, (Act No. 24 of 1956);
means a public accountant as defined in the Pension Funds Act for the purpose of the Provident Fund;
means permanent retirement from the Industry through incapacity, ill-health or old age, and "retire" has a corresponding meaning;
means the rules of the Provident Fund as registered in terms of the Pension Funds Act, No. 24 of 1956, or the Mortality Benefit Association made by the Council in terms of Chapter III of this Agreement;
means the Secretary appointed in terms of clause 4 hereof;
means the trustee(s) appointed or elected in terms of the Rules of the Provident Fund, or clause 23 of this collective agreement relating to the Mortality Benefit Association, whichever applies;