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

ANNEXURE

The scope of the abovenamed Bargaining Council has in terms of section 58 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 been varied.

With  effect from 08/12/2022 the Council is registered in respect of:—

Furniture, Bedding and Upholstery Manufacturing Industry, as defined hereunder, in the Provinces of Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State.

"Furniture, Bedding, and Upholstery Manufacturing Industry" or "Industry" means, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression , the industry in which employers and their employees are associated for the manufacture , either in whole or as a complete unit or in part as a component or components of all types of furniture and as well as upholstery and/or re-upholstery and will, inter alia, include the following;

Repairing, staining, spraying , polishing, re-polishing, making loose covers and/or cushions, wood machining, veneering, woodturning, carving, assembling, painting, wood bending, laminating, cutting, edging, drilling and routering. Furniture manufacturing will also include the manufacturing, installation, repairing, polishing, re-polishing, staining, spraying of pianos, organs, movable room/office partitions, kitchen cupboards, kitchen cupboard tops, kitchen cupboard components (irrespective of material used), attached wall cupboards, built-in cupboards, built-in cupboard components, doors and door frames of buildings or rooms (the latter doors and door frames exclude doors and door frames manufactured from iron, steel and other metal materials), free standing bars or built-in bar counters, cane, wicker or grass furniture, cabinets including cabinets for musical instruments and radios, wireless or television cabinets, bathroom cupboards, any other cupboard tops and furniture for tea-rooms, restaurants, offices, churches, schools, libraries, other educational institutions, conference centres, theatres, shop fitting, office fitting and bank fitting, which includes the manufacture and/or fixing of shop fronts, window enclosures, showcases, counters, including point of sales counters, screens, interior fittings and fixtures and any form of shelving, irrespective of the materials used and includes any part of an establishment's business carrying out the manufacture of furniture as defined above, whether or  not that part is discrete or ancillary to any other business of the employer.

The manufacturing, repairing, covering, re-covering of mattress bases, mattresses, spring mattresses, overlays, bolsters, pillows, cushions for studio couches, spring units, box-spring mattresses and studio couches, but excluding the manufacturing of bedding made mainly of metal and/or plastic materials.

"Studio Couch" means an article of furniture, which is designed for seating and for conversion into a double bed or  two or more beds and of which the frames are constructed mainly of metal and the seating and/or sleeping surfaces consist of mattresses and/or cushions.

The upholstering or re-upholstering of any furniture, or item of furniture, bedding, pelmets and mattress bases.

Registrar of Labour Relations

Date 08/12/2022