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

"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 bedding 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 and 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 materials used), attached wall cupboards, built-in cupboards, built-in cupboard components, doors and door frames (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.