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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Extension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective Agreement

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

9. Council Levies

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9.1Council levies shall be  payable to  the Council at the prescribed rates by the employer and employee 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:
9.1.1paid public holidays;
9.1.2trade union representative leave days;
9.1.3the 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
9.1.4family 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.

 

9.2The Council levies payable to the Council shall amount to:
9.2.1From the first full pay week of May 2023

R14-95 per week per employee payable by the employer and R14-95 per week payable by the employee.

9.2.2From the first full pay week of May 2024

R15-45 per week per employee payable by the employer and R15-45 per week payable by the employee.

9.2.3From the first full pay week of May 2025

R15-95 per week per employee payable by the employer and R15-95 per week payable by the employee.