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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Addendum 1 : Contributions, Levies and Registration Fees payable to the Council

3. Provident Fund Contributions
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3.1Provident Fund contributions shall be payable to the Council at the prescribed rates by the employer and employee when more than 20 hours' wages per week are payable to an employee. To determine the number of the hours worked by the employee, the calculation must include the ordinary hours worked by the employee as well as the hours which would ordinarily have been worked by the employee on:
3.1.1paid public holidays;
3.1.2trade union representative leave days;
3.1.3the first 3 days per annum of paid sick leave days on condition that an acceptable medical certificate is presented by the employee to his employer and that such sick leave days do not fall on a Monday or a Friday or on the day before or after a public holiday;  and

3.1.4      family responsibility leave days for the first 2 days only which are related to the death of an employee's spouse, life partner, employee's parent, adoptive parent, grandparent, child, adopted child, grandchild or sibling and upon submission of the relevant death certificate by the employee to his employer.

 

3.2The Provident Fund contributions payable to the Council shall be as follows for:

3.2.1

General Workers:

R45-00 per week from the employee PLUS an equal amount per week from the employer, subject to the standard Death and Disability Scheme contributions (refer to clause 9.3) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.

3.2.2

All other Occupation Skills Levels:

R66-00 per week from the employee PLUS an equal amount per week from the employer, subject to the standard Death and Disability Scheme contributions (refer to clause 9.3) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.

3.2.3

Working Employers:

R132-00 per week, subject to the standard Death and Disability Scheme contributions (refer to clause 9.3) being diverted from these Provident Fund contributions.

[Clause 3(3.2) substituted by section 5 of Notice No. 672, GG 42464, dated 17 May 2019]