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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

KwaZulu Natal

Extension to Non-Parties of the Agency Shop Fee Collective Agreement

1. Scope of Application
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(1)The terms of this Agreement shall be observed in the Furniture, Manufacturing Industry as defined hereunder—

 

"Furniture Manufacturing Industry" means without any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression the manufacture of furniture either in whole or in part of all types of furniture irrespective of the materials used and shall include the following:

 

(a)Furniture:

 

Assembling of all items and/or components of furniture, repairing, spraying, polishing, re-polishing, wood machining, veneering, woodturning,  carving, painting, staining, wood bending and laminating, the making of and/or repairing of frames, loose covers and/or cushions. Furniture manufacturing shall also include hotel, tea room or restaurant furniture, office, church, school, bar and theatre furniture, cabinets for musical instruments and radio cabinets. The veneering, laminating, papering and/or wrap of all types of doors, large or small, including the manufacturing of all items or components, whether or not such items are intended to be free standing, built in and/or affixed to a building as listed in (i) to (vii) below:

 

(i)dressers, cupboards, units for the housing of sinks and appliances, grocery cupboards, shelves, pigeon holes, worktops, tables, chairs, benches and pelmets;
(ii)multi purpose cabinets which can be used either singly or in combination with each other for various purposes, including kitchen dressers, kitchen cupboards and fittings including cupboards and/or cabinets in any other part of a building;
(iii)headboards and pedestals for beds, wardrobes and wall units;
(iv)other cabinets and cupboards, benches, tables, chairs, benches for laboratories, shops, offices or banks;
(v)counters,  shelves and cupboards for use in bars, hotels, shops, offices or banks;
(vi)the assembly of and fitting in any building of any type of furniture;
(vii)the repairing or remedying in any building of any type of furniture;

 

(b)Bedding:

 

The manufacturing and/or processes involved in the manufacture of bedding, including all types of mattresses, spring mattresses, overlays, pillows, bolsters, spring units, bed spring units mattresses and studio couches, which is designed for seating and/or conversion into a bed and of which the frame is constructed mainly of metal  and the  seating and/or  sleeping surface  consists  of a mattresses  and/or

cushion.

 

(c)Upholstery:

 

The upholstering and/or re-upholstering of all types of furniture, or item of furnitµre, bedding, pelmets, and mattress bases.

 

(d)Curtain Making:

 

The making, altering, repairing and/or fitting of curtains, rails, rods and pelmets

 

(e)Cane Furniture:

 

The manufacturing of furniture made principally of wicker, cane and/or grass.

 

(f)Ancillary Items:

 

The manufacture in a factory, building and/or elsewhere in conjunction with items specified under (a) to (e) products of which wood constitutes the main component, which shall include plywood, veneer boards, chip board, laminated board, block board and/or any similar product for use in;

 

(i)the erection, completion, renovation, repair, maintenance or alteration of permanent finish of buildings or structures, including but not limited to mouldings, skirting boards, panelling  shelving, banisters,  partitioning and shall include doors and door frames, windows and window frames.

 

Provided that the manufacturing of metal furniture, metal bedsteads and furniture manufactured wholly from plastic materials, shall be excluded.

 

(2)This agreement shall only be applicable in the Magisterial Districts of Camperdown, Chatsworth, Durban, lnanda, Pietermaritzburg and Pinetown excluding the rest of the Kwazulu Natal Province.

 

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-clause (1) and (2) above, the terms of this Agreement shall:—
(a)apply only to employees for whom minimum wages are prescribed in the Council Main Collective Agreement and to employers of such employees only in the magisterial districts mentioned in sub clause (2) above.
(b)apply to Learners in so far as the terms are not inconsistent with the Skills Development Act, 97 of 1998, or any contract entered into or any condition fixed under the Skills Development Act, 97 of 1998.