Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry of South Africa:Extension of Consolidation of Collective Agreement to Non-partiesPart I31. Benefit Funds |
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following Benefit Funds, which were extended on the dates listed below, are hereby continued:
| (a) | The Electrical Industry Sick Pay Fund - 17/10/ 2003 |
| (b) | National Pension and Provident Funds Collective Agreement - Government Gazette No 31191 - 04/07/2008 |
| (c) | The Electrical Industry Sick Pay Fund (Cape) - Ministerial Determination 12/09/2003 |
| (d) | The Electrical Industry (KwaZulu-Natal) Sick Pay Fund - Ministerial Determination 12/07/1999 |
| (e) | All Council and benefit fund contributions are calculated based on the following normal working hours per region: |
Region A & B - 42.50 hours per week
Region C - 44 hours per week
Region D - 40 hours per week.
| (f) | In the event that an employee fails to qualify for death, disability, and/or funeral benefits in terms of the pension and/or provident fund Agreements because the employer failed to pay contributions owing in respect of the employee"s membership, the employer shall be liable to pay to such employee or his/her beneficiaries an amount of money equal to the death, disability and/or funeral benefits that would have been payable to the employee under the rules of the applicable fund had the contributions been paid by the employer. |