Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Canvas Goods Industry, GautengExtension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective Agreement24. Legal Costs |
| 24.1 | For purposes of this clause "money" means any amount of money and includes money that an employer has to deduct or has deducted from moneys due to an employee by virtue of any obligation, but not paid over to the Council. |
| 24.2 | When the Council instructs an attorney to collect money from an employer, the employer shall be liable to the Council for all the legal costs incurred by the Council in the recovery of the amount due including costs on the attorney and own client scale irrespective of whether the Council instituted civil proceedings or arbitration proceedings or whether those proceedings have commenced or not. |
| 24.3 | When the Council instructs a natural or legal person other than an attorney to collect money, then the employer shall be liable for the costs and fees determined by the Council to be costs and fees payable by the Council to such person in the recovery of the amount due by the employer. |