| (1) | Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement or the Main Agreement, no deductions or set-off of any description, shall be made from the earnings that an employee would normally be entitled to receive other than the following: |
| (a) | Deductions made with the written consent of the employee and of the Regional Council or the Council for— |
| (i) | holiday, insurance, provident and/or pension funds or medical aid schemes where these are not administered by a Regional Council or the Council, and where an employee through negotiations between himself and his employer agrees on the amount to be paid by the employee to accept board and/or lodging from his employer; |
| (ii) | tea, sports or similar clubs; |
| (iii) | purchases by employees from their employers; |
| (iv) | traffic fines in cases where the guilty person(s) have been identified beyond doubt; provided that in the event of an employee being required to drive an unroadworthy or unlicensed vehicle, such fines shall be excluded; |
Provided that in the case of Division B employees who are in receipt of remuneration, excluding commission on sales, in excess of amounts as determined by Council from time to time, the deductions referred herein,
together with other similar deductions, may be made subject to the written consent of the employee only: Provided further that such deductions are not in conflict with any contract on commission work that exist between the employer and employee.
| (b) | Contributions to Council funds in terms of clause 13 of this Agreement and contributions to any sick benefit, provident and/or pension funds administered by any Regional Council or the Council. |
| (c) | Any amount paid by an employer compelled by law, ordinance, or legal process to make payment on behalf of an employee. |
| (d) | Subscriptions to MISA and NUMSA, in terms of clause 14 of this Agreement, or to such other registered trade union as may be approved by a Regional Council or the Council. |
| (e) | Any amount an employer deducts to pay a financial institution approved by the Council in respect of a housing loan for which any of the Pension or Provident Funds administered by the Council provide collateral security. |
| (2) | An employer who has made a deduction in terms of this sub-clause shall pay the amount deducted to the Secretary of the Regional Council concerned by not later than the 1oth day of the month following that during which the deduction was made, or in the case of sub-clause 1(e) to the appropriate person or authority in terms of any law, ordinance or legal process or to the approved financial institution referred to in that sub-clause: Provided that the maximum deduction may not exceed 30% of an employee's weekly/monthly earnings including deductions for the payment of housing loans, and provided further that statutory deductions will not form part of this limitation. |
| (3) | Subject to the provisions of Clause 22 of this Agreement, should any amount due in terms of this clause not be received by the Council by the 16th day of the month following the month in respect of which it is payable, the employer shall pay interest on such amount or on such lesser amount as remains unpaid, calculated at the rate prescribed in terms of clause 22 of this Agreement, from such 16th day until the day upon which payment in cash is actually received by the Regional Council concerned: Provided that a Regional Council shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to waive the payment of such interest or part thereof. |
