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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Canvas Goods Industry, Gauteng

Extension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective Agreement

13. Amendments to this Agreement

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13.1 Other than amendments to provisions relating to substantive terms and conditions of employment, amendments to this Agreement may be requested by any party to this Agreement during the duration of this agreement or any renewal thereof, subject to the following:
13.1.1 Doubt or a dispute over the interpretation or application of the part requested to be amended must exist.
13.1.2 Such doubt or dispute must be a consequence of the parties attempts at the rewording of such part during the simplification exercise, and
13.1.3 The doubt or dispute must be capable of being resolved by reference to the wording of the part in question as It had existed in terms of the Agreement prior to the simplification exercise.

 

13.2 Any such dispute or request for amendment shall be referred to the Executive Committee of the Council for resolution.

 

13.3 The Executive Committee shall resolve the relevant dispute by—
13.3.1 reverting back to the wording of the part in the Agreement prior to the simplification process; or
13.3.2 by a consensual amendment of the wording of the part to give effect to the true meaning of the part.