Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing IndustryExtension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective AgreementAddendum 1: Fees, Levies and Contributions payable to the Council5. Death and Funeral Scheme (D.F.S.) Contributions and Provident Fund Contributions in respect of the Newly Employed Employee Concession |
| 5.1. | YEAR ONE to YEAR THREE: These D.F.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 1 hour or more 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: |
| 5.1.1 | paid public holidays; |
| 5.1.2 | trade union representative leave days; |
| 5.1.3 | 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 |
| 5.1.4 | 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. |
| 5.2 | The D.F.S. contributions for employees employed under the Newly Employed Employee Concession (NEEC) payable to the Council shall amount to the following: |
5.2.1 |
YEAR ONE to YEAR THREE of employment |
R8-00 per week per employee, payable by the employer ONLY. |
5.2.2 |
YEAR FOUR of employment and onwards |
R10-00 per week payable by the employee and R10-00 per week per employee payable by the employer (refer to clause 6.3). |
[Addendum 1 5(5.2) substituted by section 6 of Notice No. R.4233, GG49966, dated 5 January 2024]
| 5.3 | Provident Fund contributions for employees employed under the Newly Employed Employee Concession (NEEC) payable to the Council shall amount to the following: |
5.3.1 |
YEAR ONE of employment ALL employees |
4% of normal weekly wages from the employee per week, calculated on the establishment's normal ordinary hours of work per week, plus an equal amount per week from the employer. |
5.3.2 |
YEAR TWO of employment ALL employees |
4% of normal weekly wages from the employee per week, calculated on the establishment's normal ordinary hours of work per week, plus an equal amount per week from the employer. |
5.3.3 |
YEAR THREE of employment ALL employees |
4% of normal weekly wages from the employee per week , calculated on the establishment's normal ordinary hours of work per week, plus an equal amount per week from the employer. |
5.3.4 |
YEAR FOUR of employment ALL employees |
Provident Fund contributions shall be calculated on a sliding scale per wage band for all Occupation Skills Levels. Refer to clause 3 of ADDENDUM 1. |