| 6.1.1 | Every employer shall within one month from the date on which this Agreement comes into operation, if he has not already done so pursuant to any previous agreement, and every employer entering the Industry after that date shall within one month of commencement of operations by him,. forward to the General Secretary of the Council a completed registration form in the form specified by the Council from time to time and a registration fee as prescribed in Addendum 1 of this Agreement. |
Note: This registration form is obtainable from the Council.
| 6.1.2 | Whenever there is any change in the details submitted in terms of clause 6.1, the employer shall resubmit a completed registration form, as specified, to the Council within 14 days of such change. |
| 6.1.3 | An employer who intends to cease being an employer shall notify the Council, in writing, at least 14 days prior to the date on which he intends such cessation. |
| 6.1.4 | Any employer in the Industry shall, when required to do so by the Council, within seven days of that request, lodge with the Council a cash amount or guarantee acceptable to the Council, to cover the payment in respect of his employees as follows: |
| 6.1.4.1 | One week's wages; |
| 6.1.4.2 | 13 weeks' levies, contributions and/or monies in respect of— |
| 6.1.4.2.1 | Leave pay monies; |
| 6.1.4.2.2 | Holiday bonus monies; |
| 6.1.4.2.3 | Council Levies; |
| 6.1.4.2.4 | Provident Fund contributions; |
| 6.1.4.2.5 | Death and Funeral Scheme contributions; and |
| 6.1.4.2.6 | Dispute Resolution Levy. |
Provided that the minimum guarantee shall be for an amount of R500.
| 6.1.5 | Where the cash amount or guarantee lodged by an employer is insufficient to cover the payment of. wages, levies and contributions referred to above, the employer shall, on demand by the Council, increase the cash amount or guarantee to an amount sufficient to cover such payment. An employer shall be permitted to reduce the amount of his cash amount or guarantee. When a reduction of any cash amount or guarantee is granted it shall be implemented at intervals of no less than six months. |
| 6.1.6 | The Council shall be entitled to utilise any cash amount or guarantee lodged by an employer with the Council to pay any amount which may be due to the Council by such employer in respect of levies and contributions or to pay any wages which may be due to any one or more employees of such employer, where the Council is satisfied that such wages are due and payable to the employees concerned by the employer involved. The total claim in respect of any one or more employees shall not exceed the total of the cash amount or guarantee lodged with the Council. The amount any employee is entitled to claim as wages shall not exceed that portion of the cash amount or guarantee lodged with the Council which represents wages. |
| 6.1.7 | Every employer shall keep employee records as specified by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act 75 of 1997). |
| 6.1.8 | Every employer shall comply with the relevant legislation relating to factories and/or workrooms. |
Every employer shall register all his employees, except casual employees, with the Council as from the first day of their employment. The registration of employees are effected by entering each employee's personal and remuneration details as prescribed by the Council, on the Council's prescribed monthly return form. This monthly return form, shall be submitted to the Council monthly, by not later than the 10th day of the month following the month to which it relates.
