| 5.1 | FURNMED SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS (for all areas excluding the Free State Province) |
[Clause 5(5.1) heading substituted by section 12(1) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]
| 5.1.1 | Furnmed Sick Benefit Society 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 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: |
| 5.1.1.1 | paid public holidays; |
| 5.1.1.2 | trade union representative leave days; |
| 5.1.1.3 | the 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 |
| 5.1.1.4 | 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. |
| 5.1.2 | Members earning less than R500-00 per week: |
R50-00 per week payable by the employee and R60-50 per week payable by the employer.
[Clause 5(5.1.2) substituted by section 8(1) of Notice No. 37, GG 39610, dated 22 January 2016]
| 5.1.3 | Member earning R500-00 per week or more: |
R57-50 per week payable by the employee and R60-50 per week payable by the employer.
Minimum weekly wage rate increases for general workers shall be 10% and minimum weekly wage rate increases for all other occupational skills levels shall be 8.2% for the period ending 30 June 2016.
[Clause 5(5.1.3) inserted by section 8(2) Notice No. 37, GG 39610, dated 22 January 2016]
R45-00 per week, per minor dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.1.5 | Extraordinary dependants: |
R103-00 per week, per extraordinary dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.2 | FURNMED SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS (for the Free State Province ONLY) |
[Clause 5(5.2) heading substituted by section 12(2) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]
| 5.2.1 | Furnmed Sick Benefit Society 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 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: |
| 5.2.1.1 | paid public holidays; |
| 5.2.1.2 | trade union representative leave days; |
| 5.2.1.3 | the 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 |
| 5.2.1.4 | 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. |
R25-00 per week payable by the employee and R71-00 per week payable by the employer.
R45-00 per week payable, per adult dependant, payable by the employee only.
R45-00 per week, per minor dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.2.5 | Extraordinary dependants: |
R96-00 per week, per extraordinary dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.3 | NUFAWSA SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY -STANDARD TYPE BENEFIT OPTION (for all areas excluding the Free State Province) |
| 5.3.1 | NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be payable to the National Union of Furniture and Allied Workers of South Africa or their nominated administrator 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 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: |
[Clause 5(5.3.1) substituted by section 12(3) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]
| 5.3.1.2 | trade union representative leave days; |
| 5.3.1.3 | the 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 |
| 5.3.1.4 | 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. |
| 5.3.2 | Member plus 1 to 3 dependants: |
R62-50 per week payable by the employee and R60-50 per week payable by the employer.
| 5.3.3 | 4th and more dependants: |
R12-50 per week, per dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.3.4 | Extraordinary dependants: |
R92-00 per week, per extraordinary dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.4 | NUFAWSA SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY - STANDARD TYPE BENEFIT OPTION (FOR the Free State Province ONLY) |
| 5.4.1 | NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be payable to the National Union of Furniture and Allied Workers of South Africa or their nominated administrator 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 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: |
[Clause 5(5.4.1) substituted by section 12(4) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]
| 5.4.1.1 | paid public holidays; |
| 5.4.1.2 | trade union representative leave days; |
| 5.4.1.3 | the 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 |
| 5.4.1.4 | 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. |
| 5.4.2 | Member plus 1 to 3 dependants: |
R17-50 per week payable by the employee and R71-00 per week payable by the employer.
| 5.4.3 | 4th and more dependants; |
R12-50 per week, per dependant,payable by the employee only.
| 5.4.3 | Extraordinary dependants: |
R92-00 per week, per extraordinary dependant, payable by the employee only.
| 5.5 | NUFAWSA SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY - SELECT TYPE BENEFIT OPTION (for all areas excluding the Free state Province) |
| 5.5.1 | NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be payable to the National Union of Furniture and Allied Workers of South Africa or their nominated administrator for all newly employed employees who earn R700-00 or less per week and who are eligible for membership of the NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society and shall be payable only when more than 20 hours' wages per week are payable to an employee. To determine the number of 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: |
[Clause 5(5.5.1) substituted by section 12(5) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]
| 5.5.1.1 | paid public holidays; |
| 5.5.1.2 | trade union representative leave days: |
| 5.5.1.3 | the 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 |
| 5.5.1.4 | 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. |
| 5.5.2 | The NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be determined as follows for: |
Member:
R30-00 per week payable by the employee and R48-73 per week payable by the employer.
| 5.6 | NUFAWSA SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY - SELECT TYPE BENEFIT OPTION (for the Free State Province ONLY) |
| 5.6.1 | NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be payable to the National Union of Furniture and Allied Workers of South Africa or their nominated administrator for all newly employed employees who earn R700-00 or less per week and who are eligible for membership of the NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society and shall be payable only when more than 20 hours' wages per week are payable to an employee. To determine the number of 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: |
[Clause 5(5.6.1) substituted by section 12(6) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]
| 5.6.1.1 | paid public holidays; |
| 5.6.1.2 | trade union representative leave days; |
| 5.6.1.3 | the 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 |
| 5.6.1.4 | 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. |
| 5.6.2 | The NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be determined as follows for: |
Member:
R15-00 per week payable by the employee and R54-00 per week payable by the employer.
| 5.7 | Increases in employer and/or employee contributions payable to the Furnmed Sick Benefit Society and the NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society shall be negotiated annually. |
