I, THEMBELANI WALTERMADE NXESI, Minister of Employment and Labour,
hereby, in terms of section 32(6)(a)(ii) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, renew the
period fixed in Government Notice No. R. 324 of 20 March 2020, by a further period
ending 30 April 2023.
NXESI, MP
MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
DATE:
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General notices • alGemene kennisGewinGs
Employment and Labour, Department of/ Indiensneming en Arbeid, Departement van
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
NOTICE 333 OF 2020
333
Labour R
elations Act, 1995: Furniture Bargaining Council - Renewal of Period & Extension to Non-Parties Main Agreement
43447
LABOUR RELATIONS ACT, 1995
FURNITURE BARGAINING COUNCIL: EXTENSION TO
NON -PARTIES OF
THE MAIN COLLECTIVE AMENDING AGREEMENT
I,
THEMBELANI WALTERMADE NXESI,
Minister of Employment and
Labour, hereby in terms of section 32(2) of the Labour
Relations Act, 1995,
declare that the Collective Agreement which
appears in the Schedule hereto,
which was concluded in the Furniture Bargaining Council,
and is binding in
terms of section 31 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995,
on the parties which
concluded the Agreement, shall be binding
on the other employers and
employees in that Industry with effect from the second Monday
after the date
of publication of this Notice and for the period ending 30
April 2023.
ESI, MP
MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
DATE:
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In accordance with the provisions of the Labour Relations Act 1995 (Act No 66 of 1995)(as
amended), made and entered into by and between the
Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU)
(hereinafter referred to as the "employees" or the "trade unions "), of the other part
being parties to the Furniture Bargaining Council
hereby agree to amend extend the Main Collective Agreement published under Government Notice No.
R.324 of 20 March 2020.
1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Substitute the Table of Contents with the following:
"1.
SCOPE OF APPLICATION
2.
PERIOD OF OPERATION OF AGREEMENT
3.
INDUSTRIAL ACTION
4. DEFINITIONS
5.
PROHIBITION OF TWO -TIER BARGAINING AND THRESHOLD - TRADE
UNION ORGANISATIONAL RIGHTS
6.
REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYERS
Furniture, Bedding & Upholstery Manufacturers' Association for the Greater Northern Region
(hereinafter referred to as the "employers" or the "employers' organisations "), of the one part,
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NEWLY ESTABLISHED SMALL EMPLOYER
CONCESSION
8.
NEWLY EMPLOYED EMPLOYEE CONCESSION
9.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
9.1
Ordinary hours of work
9.2
Intervals
9.3
Overtime
9.4
Shift work
9.5
Public Holidays
9.6
Annual closure
9.7
Paid sick leave and proof of incapacity
9.8
Termination of employment
9.8.1
Notice periods
9.9
Absenteeism.
9.10
Short time, dismissals based on operation requirements
and severance pay
9.10.1
Short time
9.10.2 Dismissals based on operational requirements
9.10.3 Standard severance pay and additional severance pay
9.11
Trade union representative leave
9.12
Maternity leave
9.13
Family responsibility leave
9.14
Parental leave
9.15
Adoption leave
9.16
Commissioning parental leave
9.17
Study leave
9.18
Fixed term contract of employment
9.19
Indefinite-period contract of employment
9.20
Certificate of service
10.
GENERAL.
10.1
Work under an incentive scheme
10.2
Temporary employment services and/or labour
brokers
10.3
Outwork
10.4
Provision of tools
10.5
Employment of children and forced labour
10.6
Working employers
10.7
Prohibited employment
10.8
Employment of trade union members
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10.9
Trade union representatives on the Council and committees of
a national character in the Industry
10.10 Subscriptions to trade unions
10.11 Council levies
10.12 Exhibition of Agreement and notices
10.13 Administration and enforcement of Agreement
10.14 Provisions declared ultra vires
10.15 Protective clothing
10.16 Compulsory retirement age
10.17 Late /nonpayment and allocation of fees, levies and
contributions
10.18 Interest payable on outstanding /unpaid fees, levies and
contributions
10.19 Audit and accounting
11.
EXEMPTIONS
11.1
Exemptions Body and Independent Appeal Body
11.2
Administration
12.
LEAVE PAY FUND
13.
HOLIDAY BONUS FUND
14.
REMUNERATION
14.1
Wages
14.2
Set -off of wages
14.3
Hourly rates of pay
14.4
Basis of payment
14.5
Employees engaged in more than one occupation skills level
14.6 Wage payment procedure
14.7
Remuneration for overtime and work on a Sunday
14.8
Remuneration for work on public holidays
14.9
Remuneration for time worked in ..
14.10 Payment of night shift allowance
14A 1 Set -off against annual wage increases
14.12 Subsistence allowance
CHAPTER 2
COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS
1.
ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTINUATION OF COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS
/SCHEMES.
2.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
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ADDENDUM 'I
FEES, LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE TO THE COUNCIL
CHAPTER 4
OCCUPATION SKILLS LEVELS FURNITURE, BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERY
SECTOR
1
General worker
2.
Semi -skilled employee
3.
Skilled employee
4.
Chargehand
5.
Foreman /Supervisor
3.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
4.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXISTING LOAN REPAYMENTS TO THE COUNCIL
BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES.
5.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES.....
6.
OPERATION OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
7.
AUDITING OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
8.
EXPIRY OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
9.
LIQUIDATION OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
10.
BENEFITS INALIENABLE
11.
WITHHOLDING OF BENEFITS
12.
PAYMENT OF FEES, LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
13. AMENDMENT TO THE RULES.
CHAPTER 3
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
1.
Preamble
2.
Procedure for the negotiation of collective agreements
3.
Disputes between parties to the bargaining council
4.
All other disputes
5.
General
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LEAVE PAY FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
2.
HOLIDAY BONUS FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
3.
PROVIDENT FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
4.
SICK BENEFIT SOCIETIES
5.
COUNCIL LEVIES..
6.
REGISTRATION FEE
7.
DEATH AND DISABILITY SCHEME (D.D.S.) CONTRIBUTIONS AND PROVIDENT
FUND CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF THE NEWLY EMPLOYED EMPLOYEE
CONCESSION
8.
STANDARD DEATH AND DISABILITY SCHEME (STANDARD D.D.S.)
CONTRIBUTIONS
9.
DEATH AND DISABILITY SCHEME (D.D.S.) CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT
OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED SMALL EMPLOYER CONCESSION
10.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION LEVY
ADDENDUM 2
PRESCRIBED ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES OF ACTUAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY,
MINIMUM HOURLY RATES OF PAY AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
(for all areas
excluding the Free State Province)
1
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2020 and non -parties on such date as may
be determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour (for all areas excluding the Free
State Province)
2.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks for parties from the first full
pay week in MAY 2020 and non -parties on such date as may
be determined by the
Minister of Employment and Labour (for all areas excluding the Free State Province)
3.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2021
- subject to
Addendum
4
(for all areas excluding the Free State Province)
4.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks for parties and non-parties
from the first full pay week in MAY 2021 (for all areas excluding the Free State Province)
5.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non- parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2022
- subject to
Addendum 4 (for all areas excluding the Free State Province)
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6.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non- parties
from the first full pay week in MAY 2022 (for all areas
excluding the Free State Province)
7.
Subsistence allowance (for all areas excluding the Free State
Province)
ADDENDUM 3
PRESCRIBED ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES OF
ACTUAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY,
MINIMUM HOURLY RATES OF PAY AND SUBSISTENCE
ALLOWANCE (for the Free State
Province ONLY)
1.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates
of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2020
and non -parties on such date as may
be determined by the Minister of Employment and
Labour (for the Free State Province
ONLY)
2.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties from the first full
pay week in MAY 2020 and non-
parties on such date as may be determined by the
Minister of Employment and Labour (for the Free State
Province ONLY)
3.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates
of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties from the first full pay week in
MAY 2021 - subject to Addendum
4 (for the Free State Province ONLY)
4.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non- parties
from the first full pay week in MAY 2021 (for the Free
State Province ONLY)
5.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates
of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non- parties from the first full pay week in
MAY 2022 - subject to Addendum
4 (for the Free State Province ONLY)
6.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties and non- parties
from the first full pay week in MAY 2022 (for the Free State
Province ONLY)
7.
Subsistence allowance (for the Free State Province ONLY)
ADDENDUM 4
1.
INFLATION PARAMETERS ACROSS THE BOARD WAGE
INCREASES OF ACTUAL
HOURLY RATES OF PAY EFFECTIVE FROM THE FIRST
FULL PAY WEEK IN MAY 2021
AND MAY 2022 IN RESPECT OF ADDENDUMS 2 AND
3
ANNEXURE A
AGREEMENT ON PICKETING
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1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
I
1
The terms of this Agreement shall be observed by employers and employees in the Furniture,
Bedding and Upholstery Manufacturing Industry as defined hereunder in the Provinces of
Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Free State.
"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:
1
Furniture
Repairing, staining, spraying, polishing, re- polishing, making loose covers and /or
cushions, wood machining, veneering, woodturning, carving, assembling, painting,
wood bending and
laminating.
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, 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.
2,
Bedding
The manufacturing, repairing, covering, re- covering of mattress bases, mattresses,
spring mattresses, overlays, bolsters, pillows, cushions for studio couches, spring
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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.
3.
Upholstery
The upholstering or re- upholstering of any furniture, or
item of furniture, bedding,
pelmets and mattress bases.
1.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1.1 the provisions
of this Agreement -
1.21
apply only to employees for whom wages are
prescribed in this Agreement and to the
employers of such employees; and
1.2.2
apply to learners under the Skills Development
Act, 1998, or any contracts entered into or
any conditions fixed thereunder.
2. PERIOD OF OPERATION OF AGREEMENT
2.1
This
Agreement shall, in terms of section 31 of the Act, become
binding on the above parties on
first full pay week in May 2020 until 30 April 2023.
2.2
This Agreement shall be binding on non -party employers
and employees on the date as may be
determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour in
terms of section 32 of the Act and shall
remain in force for the period ending 30 April 2023.
3. CLAUSE 6: REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES
Substitute clause 6.1.4 with the following:
"6.1.4
Any employer in the Industry shall, when
required to do so by the Council, within seven
days of that request, lodge with the Council a
cash amount or guarantee
acceptable to the Council, to cover the payment
in respect of his employees as
follows:
6.1.4.1
One week's wages;
6.1.4.2
13 weeks' levies, contributions and /or monies in
respect of-
6.1.4.2.1
6.1.4.2.2
Leave pay monies;
Holiday bonus monies;
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6.1.4.2.3
Council Levies;
6.1.4.2.4
Provident Fund contributions;
Provided that the minimum guarantee shall be for an amount of R500."
(1)
Substitute the first paragraph of the Phase One clause with the following:
"PHASE ONE:
First year of registration until the end of the first September following
registration
During this period the employer shall be exempted from prescribed minimum hourly rates of pay,
subject to no employee being paid less than the national minimum hourly rate of pay, Leave
Pay
Fund contributions, Holiday Bonus Fund contributions or Provident Fund contributions and
either
of the Sick Benefit Societies contributions, if applicable, as prescribed in Addendum 1."
(2)
Substitute the first paragraph of the Phase Four clause with the following:
(1)
"PHASE FOUR: As from October of the fourth year of registration
All the provisions of the prevailing Main Agreement administered by this Council
shall become
applicable, including the payment of 100% of the minimum hourly rates of pay, subject to no
employee being paid less than the national minimum hourly rate of pay, as prescribed
in
Addendum 2 or Addendum 3 and the payment of either of the Sick Benefit Societies
contributions, if applicable, as prescribed in Addendum 1. ".
5. CLAUSE 8: NEWLY EMPLOYED EMPLOYEE CONCESSION
Substitute clause 8.1 with the following:
"8.1
The employer may elect to apply the calculations below to determine the wages, levies,
contributions and fees payable to any newly employed employee who commences
employment with an employer for the first time, subject to clauses 8.2 and 8.3 below,
provided that the establishment concerned is not in Phase 1, Phase 2 or Phase 3 of a
Newly Established Small Employer Concession as reflected in clause 7 above. ",
(2)
Substitute clause 8.2 with the following
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(8)
Insert new clause (g) under YEAR THREE of employment
with the following:
(9)
"(g)
100% of NEEC Provident Fund contributions (refer to clause
.3.2 of Addendum 1.)"
Substitute clauses (a) to (g) of YEAR FOUR of employment
with the following:
"100% of at least the minimum prescribed hourly rates
of pay for all the Occupation Skills Levels
of employees, subject to no employee being paid
less than the national minimum hourly rate of
pay as well as 100% of all
prescribed fees, levies and contributions shall be payable to
the
Council by all employers and all employees.TM.
(10) Delete YEAR FIVE of employment.
10
"8.2
As from the first full pay week in May 2020 for parties or
at a later date as determined for
non -parties and for non -parties from the
date as determined by the Minister all changes
relating to the Newly Employed Employee Concession
contributions and year changes,
will be applicable to the corresponding year of the new
Newly Employed Employee's
Concession provisions."
3)
Substitute clause 8.3 with the following:
"8.3
Accumulation of Credits - Upon service termination of the
employee, irrespective of
the reason, the employer shall grant credit to the employee
for time employed under the
newly employed employee concession when reemployed
by any employer ".
(4)
Insert new clause (g) under YEAR ONE of employment
with the following
"(g)
100% of NEEC Provident Fund contributions (refer to
clause 8.3.1 of Addendum 1.) ".
(5)
Substitute clause (e) under YEAR TWO of employment
with the following:
"(e)
100% of either of the Sick Benefit Society contributions,
if applicable, as prescribed in
Addendum 1; ".
(6)
insert new clause (h) under YEAR TWO of employment
with the following:
"(h)
100% of NEEC Provident Fund contributions (refer to clause
8.3.2 of Addendum 1)."
(7)
Substitute clause (d) under YEAR THREE of employment
with the following:
"(d)
100% of either of the Sick Benefit Society contributions,
if applicable, as prescribed in
Addendum 1;) ".
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(1)
6. CLAUSE 9: TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Substitute clause 9.5.4 with the following:
"9.5.4
In the event that an official paid public holiday falls during a period in which the
employer is already working short time, employees shall be paid their normal ordinary
hours of work for that day, irrespective of the short time so implemented."
(2)
Substitute clause 9.10.1.1 with the following:
"9.10.1.1
When, by reason of slackness of trade, shortage of raw materials or a general
breakdown of plant or machinery caused by accident or other unforeseen
emergency, an employer is unable to employ his employees for
the number of
ordinary hours of work per week usually worked in his establishment, the employer
may, subject to the provisions of this clause, employ
his employees on short time
during, but not exceeding, the period of such slackness of trade, shortage of raw
materials or general breakdown of plant or machinery: Provided that the employer:
9.10.1.1.1
has consulted with the employees concerned; and /or
9.10.1.1.2
has consulted with any shop stewards or employee representatives
in the workplace concerned; and
9.10.1.1.3
has extended an invitation to the trade union office and trade union
official to attend on the date and time as determined by the employer,
to allow the trade union official to attend the consultation, if a trade
union is active in the workplace concerned, unless short time is
implemented on a specific day for that day only; and
9.10.1 1 4
shall, when short time
is worked, distribute the available work
amongst the employees in any section. ".
(3)
Insert the following new clause 9.10.1.3:
"9.10.1 3
No short time may be called for and implemented, for Mondays and Fridays,
where official paid public holidays fall on Tuesdays and /or Thursdays, unless
the
employer has been working short time prior to such paid public holidays."
7. CLAUSE 10: GENERAL
Substitute clause 10.6 with the following:
"10.6
All working employers shall observe the provisions of this Agreement in respect
of hours of
work, payment of Leave Pay Fund contributions and payment of Holiday
Bonus Fund
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contributions
at the prescribed foremen's rate of pay,
payment of Provident Fund
contributions, payment of Council levies and payment
of wages for public holidays."
CHAPTER 2
(1)
8. CLAUSE 2: OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL
BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
Substitute clause 2.4 with the following:
"2.4
The objective of the Home Ownership Scheme
(H.O.S.), is to provide for home loan
facilities for qualifying members of the furniture,
bedding and upholstery industry, to
purchase, improve, renovate, repair and /or maintain
existing or new housing. No new
loan applications will be considered and existing
loans will be serviced until expiry;"
(2)
Substitute clause 2.5 with the following:
"2.5
The objective of the Emergency, Trauma,
Disaster and Education Fund (E.T.D.E.
Fund), is to provide for loan facilities for qualifying
members of the furniture, bedding and
upholstery industry, to assist members with loans
for emergencies, trauma, disasters
and /or education. No new loan applications will
be considered and existing loans will be
serviced until expiry; ".
S. CLAUSE 3: MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL
BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
(1)
Substitute clause 3.1 with the following:
"3.1
Membership of the Council benefit funds /schemes shall
be compulsory for all party employees
who are employed by party employers and for all non
-party employees who are employed by
non -party employers when
this agreement is
extended to non -party employees and
employers in terms of section 32 of the LRA by the
Minister of Employment and Labour.
To obtain membership of the Council benefit
funds/schemes, these employees and employers
must fall within the registered scope of this Council
and this Collective Agreement must
prescribe their wages.
Membership of either the Furnmed Sick Benefit
Society or the NUFAWSA Sick Benefit
Society may be obtained by qualifying in terms of
the applicable Fund's rules and by electing
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to become a member. Contributions payable to either of these Funds, if
applicable, are as
prescribed in ADDENDUM 1. ".
"3.3 Membership of Furnmed Sick Benefit Society and NUFAWSA Sick Benefit
Society:
3.3.1 Existing membership
An employee who has been a member of either of the Sick Benefit Societies
prior to 1 May
2020, is regarded as an existing member and shall from the first full pay week in May
2020,
be paid a prescribed medical allowance per week by the employer and the
employee shall
pay the weekly contributions to the relevant
Society, as prescribed in Addendum 1.
3.3.2
New membership
From the first full pay week in May 2020 for parties and for non parties from the
date
determined by the Minister, any employee employed by an employer within the registered
scope of this Council, for whom wages are
prescribed in the Collective Agreement, may
apply to become a voluntary member of either the Furnmed Sick Benefit Society or
the
NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society, subject to the employee qualifying in terms of
the
applicable fund rules and the employee concerned, paying the prescribed employee
only
contributions as reflected in Addendum 1, to the relevant Society.
If successful, the rules
of the Fund concerned shall apply to the member.
3.3.3
Ordinary membership
Any employee employed by an employer within the registered scope of this
Council, for
whom wages are prescribed in the Collective Agreement, may apply to become a member
of either the Furnmed Sick Benefit Society or the NUFAWSA Sick Benefit
Society, subject
to the employee qualifying and both the employer and employee concerned,
paying the
prescribed contributions which are applicable to the relevant Society.
If successful, the
rules of the Fund concerned shall apply to the member.
3.3.4
Voluntary membership
Employees who are employed in the Industry for whom wages are not prescribed
in this
Agreement may be admitted as voluntary members of the Furnmed Sick
Benefit Society
or NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society in terms of
the relevant Society's rules.
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Continuation membership
Employees who were existing or voluntary members
of the Furnmed Sick Benefit Society
or NUFAWSA Sick Benefit
Society immediately prior to permanent
retirement from the
Industry owing to old age (65 years or more) or
to permanent disability as substantiated
by a medical certificate(s), or dependant
widows /widowers of deceased continuation
members may be admitted as continuation
members of the Furnmed Sick Benefit Society
or NUFAWSA Sick Benefit
Society depending on the original Society's
membership.
3.3.6
Termination of membership
Membership of both the Societies shall terminate
within one month of a member leaving
the Industry.
3.3.5
Reserves of the Furnmed Sick Benefit Society
and NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society
If at any time the reserves of the Furnmed Sick
Benefit Society or NUFAWSA Sick Benefit
Society drop below the average of one month's
contributions, the payment of benefits
shall cease and shall not be resumed until
the reserves of the Societies exceed the
aggregate of two months' contributions.
3.3.6
Right of recourse
If it is established that a member has ceased
to be a member of the Furnmed Sick Benefit
Society or NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society,
and the Society has in. error or contractually
paid for any medical expenses incurred
by such member and/or his
registered
dependants, the Fund trustees shall have the
right to deduct the amount(s) from the
member's Provident Fund contributions and
transfer the amount(s) due to the relevant
Society. ".
10. CLAUSE 4: CONTRIBUTIONS AND
LOAN REPAYMENTS TO THE COUNCIL
BENEFIT
FUNDS /SCHEMES AND ADDITIONAL PROVIDENT
FUND
(1)
Substitute the heading of clause 4 with the following:
"4.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXISTING LOAN
REPAYMENTS TO THE COUNCIL BENEFIT
FUNDSISCHEMES ".
(2)
Substitute clause 4.1 with the following:
"4.1
Prescribed contributions for the Provident
Fund, Furnmed Sick Benefit Society and the
NUFAWSA Sick Benefit Society, if applicable,
shall be deducted weekly from the employee's
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wages and a prescribed contribution from the employer
shall together be paid to the Council or
any other prescribed organisation or body, as per the values
stipulated in Addendum 1 "
(3)
Substitute clause 4.2 with the following:
"Existing stipulated loan repayments towards the H.O.S. and the E.T.D.E fund shall be
made to the
Council in accordance with individual signed loan agreement.
".
l t CLAUSE 6; OPERATION OF THE COUNCIL BENEFIT FUNDS /SCHEMES
FEES, LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE TO THE COUNCIL
12. CLAUSE 3: PROVIDENT FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
Substitute clause 3.2 with the following:
"3.2 The Provident Fund contributions payable to the Council shall be as
follows for parties from the
first full pay week in May 2020 or at a later date as determined for non
-parties and for non -parties
from the date as determined by the Minister, from the first full pay week in May
2021 and from the
first full pay week in May 2022 for all Occupation Skills Levels:
3.2.1
Employees in the Industry:
3.2.2
Working employers:
6% of normal weekly wages from the employee per
week, calculated on the establishment's normal
ordinary hours of work per week, plus an equal
amount from the employer.
12% of a foreman's prescribed weekly wage.".
(1)
Substitute clause 6.1.1 with the following:
"6.1.1
all the Funds /Schemes contributions;"
(2)
Delete clause 6.7
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14. CLAUSE 11: DISPUTE RESOLUTION LEVY
Renumber clause 11:
Dispute Resolution Levy as clause number 4 to replace
the deleted
Additional Provident Fund Contribution clause.
15. CLAUSE 5: SICK BENEFIT SOCIETIES
(1)
Substitute clause 5 with the following:
"5.
SICK BENEFIT SOCIETIES
The current status quo for
existing employee Sick
Benefit Society employee
contributions will apply unless it is decided differently at
the respective Sick Benefit
Societies. The following Sick Benefit Society contributions are
payable for parties from
the first full pay week in May 2020 or at a later date as
determined for non -parties and
for non -parties from the date as determined by the
Minister:
5.1
EXISTING MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO 1 MAY 2020 FOR
PARTIES AND
NON -PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS DETERMINED
BY THE MINISTER -
FURNMED SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS
(for all areas
excluding the Free
State Province
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
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5.1.2 Member
certificate by the employee to his employer.
R57 -50 per week payable by the employee and
R30 -50 per week per employee, payable by the
employer as a medical allowance.
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.
R103 -00 per week, per extraordinary dependant,
payable by the employee only.
5.1.3
Adult dependants:
5.1.4
Minor dependants:
5.1.5
Extraordinary dependants:
17
5.2
EXISTING MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO 1 MAY 2020 FOR PARTIES AND NON
PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE MINISTER - FURNMED SICK
BENEFIT SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS (for the Free State Province ONLY)
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
5.2.1.2
5.2.1.3
5.2.1.4
5.2.3
Member:
paid public holidays;
trade union representative leave days;
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
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.
R40 -00 per week payable by the employee and
R30 -50 per week per employee, payable by the
employer as a medical allowance.
R45 -00 per week payable, per adult dependant,
payable by the employee only.
5.2.4
Adult dependants:
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Minor dependants:
5.2.6
Extraordinary dependants:
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R45 -00 per week, per minor dependant, payable
by the employee only.
R96 -00 per week, per extraordinary dependant,
payable by the employee only.
5.3
EXISTING MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO 1 MAY 2020
FOR PARTIES AND NON
PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE
MINISTER - NUFAWSA SICK
BENEFIT SOCIETY (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:
5.3.1.1
paid public holidays;
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 R30 -50 per week per employee payable
by the employer as a medical allowance.
5.3.3
41h 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
EXISTING MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO I MAY 2020
FOR PARTIES AND NON
PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE
MINISTER - NUFAWSA
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SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY (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
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:
5.4.3
41" and more dependants:
5.4.4
Extraordinary dependants:
R17 -50 per week payable by the employee
and R30 -50 per week per employee
payable by the employer as a medical
allowance.
R12 -50 per week, per dependant,
payable by the employee only.
R92 -00 per week, per extraordinary
dependant, payable by the employee only
5.5
NEW MEMBERS FROM THE FIRST FULL PAY WEEK IN MAY
2020 AND
NON PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE
MINISTER -
FURNMED SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS
(for all
areas
excluding the Free State Province)
5.5.1
Furnmed Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be payable to the Council at
the prescribed rates by the employee only when more than 20 hours' wages
per week are payable to an employee.
To determine the number of hours
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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:
5.5.1.1
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 Member
R88 -00
per
week
payable
by
the
employee only.
5.5.3 Adult dependants:
R45 -00 per week payable, per adult
dependant, payable by the employee
only.
5.5.4
Minor dependants:
R45 -00 per week, per minor dependant,
payable by the employee only.
5.5.5 Extraordinary dependants:
R103 -00
per week,
per extraordinary
dependant, payable by the employee
only. ".
5.6
NEW MEMBERS FROM THE FIRST FULL. PAY
WEEK IN MAY 2020 AND
NON PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS
DETERMINED BY THE MINISTER -
FURNMED SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS
(for the Free State
Province ONLY)
5.6.1
Furnmed Sick Benefit Society contributions shall be
payable to the Council at
the prescribed rates by the employee 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:
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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
Member
R70 -50 per week payable by the employee only.
5.6.3
Adult dependants:
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.
R96 -00 per week, per extraordinary dependant,
payable by the employee only.
5.6.4
Minor dependants:
5.6.5
Extraordinary dependants:
5.7
NEW MEMBERS FROM THE FIRST FULL PAY WEEK IN MAY 2020 AND NON-
PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE MINISTER - NUFAWSA
SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY (for all areas excluding the Free State Province)
5.7.1
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 employee 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:
5.7.1.1
paid public holidays;
5.7.1.2
trade union representative leave days;
51.1.3
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
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5 7.1 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.
5.7.2
Member plus 1 to 3 dependants: R93 -00 per
week payable by the employee
only
5.7.3
Oland more dependants:
R12 -50 per week, per dependant, payable by
the employee only.
5.7.4
Extraordinary dependants:
R92 -00 per week, per extraordinary
dependant, payable by the employee only.
5.8
NEW MEMBERS FROM THE FIRST FULL
PAY WEEK IN MAY 2020 AND
NON PARTIES FROM THE DATE AS
DETERMINED BY THE MINISTER
NUFAWSA SICK BENEFIT (FOR the Free
State Province ONLY)
5.8.1
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 employee
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:
5.81.1
paid public holidays;
5.8.1.2
trade union representative leave days;
5.8.1.3
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
5.8.1.4
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.
5.82
Member plus 1 to 3 dependants: R48 -00 per
week payable by the employee
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5.8.3
4th and more dependants:
5.8.4
Extraordinary dependants:
only.
R12 -50 per week, per dependant, payable by
the employee only.
R92-50 per week, per extraordinary
dependant, payable by the employee only."
16. CLAUSE 6: COUNCIL LEVIES
Substitute clause 6.2 with the following:
"6.2
The Council levies payable to the Council shall amount to:
6.2.1 From the date of coming into operation of this Agreement until 30 April 2021
R12 -46 per week per employee payable by the employer and R12 -46 per week
payable by the employee.
(1)
6.21 From the first full pay week of May 2021 until 30 April 2022
R13 -21 per week per employee payable by the employer and R13 -21 per week
payable by the employee.
6.2.2 From the first full pay week of May 2022 until 30 April 2023
R14 -00 per week per employee payable by the employer and R14 -00 per week
payable by the employee."
17. CLAUSE 8: DEATH AND DISABILITY SCHEME (D.D.S.) CONTRIBUTIONS AND
PROVIDENT FUND CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPECT OF THE NEWLY
EMPLOYED EMPLOYEE CONCESSION
Substitute clause 8.2 with the following:
"8.2
The D.D.S. contributions for employees employed under the Newly Employed
Employee Concession (NEEC) payable to the Council shall amount to the following:
8.2.1 YEAR ONE to YEAR THREE
of employment
8.2.3
YEAR FOUR of employment
and onwards
R10 -46 per week per
employee,
payable by the
employer
ONLY.
R13 -25 per week payable by
the employee and R13 -25 per week per
employee payable by the employer (refer
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to clause 9.3). ".
Substitute clause 8.3 with the
following:
"8.3
Provident Fund contributions
for employees employed
under the Newly
Employed Employee Concession
(NEEC) payable to the Council
shall amount to
the following:
8.3.1
YEAR ONE of employment
ALL employees
3% of normal weekly wages
from
the employee per week,
calculated
on
the
establishment's
normal
ordinary hours of work per
week,
plus an equal amount per
week
from the employer.
ALL employees
8.3.3 YEAR THREE of
employment
ALL. employees
8.3.4 YEAR FOUR of
employment
ALL employees
3% of normal weekly wages
from
the employee per week,
calculated
on
the
establishment's
normal
ordinary hours of work per
week,
plus an equal amount per
week
from the employer.
3% of normal weekly wages
from
the employee per week,
calculated
on
the
establishment's
normal
ordinary hours of work per
week,
plus an equal amount per
week
from the employer.
6% of normal weekly wages
from
the employee per week,
calculated
on
the
establishment's
normal
ordinary hours of work per
week,
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18. PRESCRIBED ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES OF ACTUAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY,
MINIMUM HOURLY RATES OF PAY AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE (for all areas excluding the
25
plus an equal amount per week
from the employer ".
"PRESCRIBED ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES OF ACTUAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY,
MINIMUM HOURLY RATES OF PAY AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE (for all areas excluding the
Free State Province)
1
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2020 and non parties on such date as may
be determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour (for all areas excluding the Free
State Province):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation Prescribed across the board
Skills Level
increases of actual hourly
Code
rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties from the first
full pay week in MAY 2020 and
non parties on such date as
may be determined by the
Minister of Employment and
Labour (for all areas excluding
the Free State Province)
Furniture, General worker
05
6.5%
Bedding and
increase of actual hourly rate of
Upholstery
pay, subject to the offset in clause
1.2 below.
Semi -skilled employee
04
6.5%
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-
_
-
Chargehand
02
6.5%
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay
Foreman /Supervisor
01
6.5%
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay
1.1
In the event that
employees who received the across
the board wage increases
still receive
hourly rates of pay less
than the minimum hourly
rates of pay of their
respective occupation skills
levels, these employees must
receive an additional
adjustment of their hourly rates
of pay to be
at least that of the
minimum prescribed hourly
rate of pay for the
applicable occupation skills
level.
1.2 General Workers:
The across the board
increase from the first full pay
week in May 2020 for
parties and non- parties
from the date as determined
by the Minister to be
offset against the
national minimum wage
increases already implemented on
1 March 2020, for such
general
workers.
2.
Prescribed minimum hourly
rates of pay effective for
62 weeks for parties
from the first full
pay week in MAY
2020 and non parties on
such date as may be
determined by the Minister
of Employment and
Labour (for all areas excluding
the Free State Province):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed minimum hourly
Skills Level
rates of pay effective for
52
Code
weeks for parties from the
first
full pay week in MAY 2020
and
non parties on
such date as
may be determined
by the
Minister of Employment
and
Labour (for all areas excluding
the Free State Province)
Furniture,
General worker
05
R20 -76 per hour
Bedding and
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-
-
Upholstery
Semi -skilled employee
R23 -59 per hour
Skilled employee
03
R24 -98 per hour
Chargehand
02
R26 -95 per hour
Foreman /Supervisor
01
R26 -95 per hour
27
2.1
In the event that the Government implements any amendments to the national minimum hourly
rate of pay and the hourly rates of pay of the employees above are below the national
minimum hourly rate of pay, such hourly rates of pay shall be adjusted to the national minimum
I
hourly rate of pay in accordance with the implementation date of such.
3.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2021 - subject to Addendum
4 (for all areas excluding the Free State Province):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed across the board
Skills Level
increases of actual hourly
Code
rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2021 -- subject to
Addendum 4 (for all areas
excluding the Free State
Province)
6%
04
Furniture,
General worker
Bedding and
Upholstery
05
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to the offset in
clause 3.2 and subject to clause
3,3 below.
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause 3.3 below.
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause 3.3 below.
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increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay, subject to clause
3.3 below.
01
6%
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay, subject to clause
3.3. below.
28
3.1
In the event that employees
who received the across the
board wage increases still receive
hourly rates of pay less than
the minimum hourly rates of pay
of their respective occupation
skills levels, these employees
must receive an additional
adjustment of their hourly rates of
pay to be at least
that of the minimum prescribed
hourly rate of pay for the
applicable
occupation skills level.
3.2
General Workers: The across
the board increase from the
first full pay week in May 2021
to
be offset against the national
minimum wage increases when
implemented earlier in 2021, for
such general workers.
3.3
Increase Threshold
3.3.1
A wage threshold of 40%
above any minimum prescribed
hourly rate of pay is
implemented as from the first full pay
week in May 2021, provided that
the employee
who is already earning a wage
above the threshold will only
receive the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %.
3.3.2
In the event that an employee earns
above the threshold if the full across
the board
increase is to be awarded, such
employee may not be awarded
the full across the
board increase, but shall receive an
increase up to the threshold or
the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %,
whichever is the greater.
4
Prescribed minimum hourly
rates of pay effective for
52 weeks for parties and
nonparties
from the first full pay week
in MAY 2021 (for all areas
excluding the Free State Province):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed minimum hourly
Skills Level
rates of pay effective for
52
Code
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2021 (for all
areas excluding the
Free State
Province)
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Furniture,
General worker
Bedding and
Upholstery
05
Skilled employee
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to the offset in
clause 5.2 and subject to clause
5.3 below.
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause 5.3 below.
03
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause 5.3 below.
05
Furniture,
Bedding and
General worker
As per the national minimum
wage rate increase
Upholstery
Semi -skilled employee
R24 -77 per hour
Skilled employee
03
R25 -98 per hour
Chargehand
02
R28 -03 per hour
Foreman /Supervisor
01
R28 -03 per hour
2.9
4.1.
In the event that the Government implements any amendments to the national minimum
hourly rate of pay and the hourly rates of pay of the employees above are below the
national minimum hourly rate of pay, such hourly rates of pay shall be adjusted to the
national minimum hourly rate of pay in accordance with the implementation date of such.
5.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2022 - subject to Addendum
4 (for all areas excluding the Free State Province):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level Occupation
Prescribed across the board
Skills Level
increases of actual hourly
Code rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2022 - subject to
Addendum 4 (for all areas
excluding the Free State
Province)
6%
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Foreman/Supervisor
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause
5.3 below.
01
6%
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay, subject to
clause 5.3 below.
5.1
In the event that employees
who received the across the
board wage increases still
receive
hourly rates of pay less than
the minimum hourly rates
of pay of their respective
occupation
skills levels, these employees
must receive an additional
adjustment of their hourly rates of
pay to be at least
that of the minimum prescribed
hourly rate of pay for the
applicable
occupation skills level.
5.2
General Workers: The across
the board increase from the
first full pay week in May 2022
to
be offset against the national
minimum wage increases when
implemented, earlier in 2022, for
such general workers.
5.3
Increase Threshold
5.3.1
A wage threshold of 40%
above any minimum prescribed
hourly rate of pay is
implemented as from the first full pay
week in May 2022, provided
that the employee
who is already earning a wage
above the threshold will only
receive the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %.
5.3.2
In the event that an employee earns
above the threshold if the full across
the board
increase is to be awarded, such
employee may not be awarded
the full across the
board increase, but shall receive an
increase up to the threshold or
the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %,
whichever is the greater.
6.
Prescribed minimum hourly
rates of pay effective for
52 weeks for parties and non
-parties
from the first full pay week
in MAY 2022 (for all areas
excluding the Free State Province):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed minimum hourly
Skills Level
rates of pay effective for 52
Code
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2022 (for all
areas excluding the Free
State
Province)
Furniture,
General worker
As per the national minimum
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Substitute Addendum 3 with the following:
"PRESCRIBED ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES OF ACTUAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY,
MIMIMUM HOURLY RATES OF PAY AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE (for the Free
State Province ONLY)
1.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2020 and non parties on such date as may be
determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour (for the Free State Province
ONLY):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed across the board
Skills Level
increases of actual hourly
Code
rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties from the first
full pay week in MAY 2020 and
non -parties on such date as
19. PRESCRIBED ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES OF ACTUAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY,
MIMIMUM HOURLY RATES OF PAY AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
(for the Free
State Province ONLY)
Bedding
Upholstery
Semi -skilled employee
04
Skilled employee
03
Chargehand
02
Foreman /Supervisor
01
wage rate increase
R26 -01 per hour
31
R27 -02 per hour
R29 -15 per hour
R29 -15 per hour
6.1.
In the event that the Government implements any amendments to the national minimum
hourly rate of pay and the hourly rates of pay of the employees above are below the
national minimum hourly rate of pay, such hourly rates of pay shall be adjusted to the
national minimum hourly rate of pay in accordance with the implementation date of such.
7
Subsistence allowance (for all areas
excluding the Free State Province)
A minimum subsistence allowance of R80 -00 per night is payable."
ADDENDUM 3
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may be determined
by the
Minister of Employment
and
Labour (for the Free State
Province
ONLY)
Furniture,
Bedding and
Upholstery
General worker
05
6.5%
increase of actual hourly
rate of
pay, subject to
the offset in
clause 1.2 below.
Semi -skilled employee
04
6.5%
increase of actual hourly
rate of
pay
increase of actual hourly
rate of
pay
02
6.5%
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay
ForemanlSupervisor
01
6.5%
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay
1.1
1.2
In the event that employees
who received the across
the board wage increases
still receive
hourly rates of pay less
than the minimum hourly
rates of pay of their
respective occupation
skills levels, these
employees must receive an
additional adjustment of
their hourly rates of
pay to be at least
that of the minimum
prescribed hourly rate of pay
for the applicable
occupation skills level.
General Workers: The across
the board increase from
the first full pay week in
May 2020 for
parties and non- parties on
the date determined by
the Minister to be offset
against the national
minimum wage increases
already implemented on 1
March 2020.
2.
Prescribed minimum hourly
rates of pay effective
for 52 weeks for parties
from the first full
pay week in
MAY 2020 and non -parties on
such date as may be
determined by the Minister
of Employment and
Labour (for
the Free State Province
ONLY):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed minimum hourly
Skills Level
rates of pay effective
for 52
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05
04
03
Furniture,
General worker
Bedding and Semi -skilled employee
Upholstery
Skilled employee
Chargehand
Foreman/Supervisor
Code
weeks for parties from the first
full pay week in MAY 2020 and
non -parties on such date as
may be determined by the
Minister of Employment and
Labour (for the Free State
Province ONLY)
R20 -76 per hour
R21 -32 per hour
R23 -85 per hour
02
R25 -58 per hour
01
R25 -58 per hour
2.1.
In the event that the Government implements any amendments to the national minimum
hourly rate of pay and the hourly rates of pay of the employees above are below the
national minimum hourly rate of pay, such hourly rates of pay shall be adjusted to the
national minimum hourly rate of pay in accordance with the implementation date of such.
3.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2021 - subject to Addendum
4 (for the Free State Province ONLY):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Skills Level
Code
Furniture,
General worker
Bedding and
Upholstery
05
Prescribed across the board
increases of actual hourly
rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2021 - subject to
Addendum 4 (for the Free State
Province ONLY)
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to the offset in
clause 3.2 and subject to clause
3.3 below.
6%
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l=oremanlSupervisor
increase of actual hourly wage,
subject to clause 3.3 below.
03
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause
3.3 below.
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause
3.3 below.
01
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to clause
3.3 below.
3.1
In the event that employees
who received the across the
board wage increases still receive
hourly rates of pay less than the
minimum hourly rates of pay of
their respective occupation
skills levels, these employees
must receive an additional
adjustment of their hourly rates
of
pay to be at least
that of the minimum prescribed
hourly rate of pay for the
applicable
occupation skills level.
3.2
General Workers: The across
the board increase from the
full pay week in May 2021 to
be
offset against the national minimum wage
increases when implemented
earlier in 2021, for
such general workers.
3.3
Increase Threshold
3.3.1
A wage threshold of 40%
above any minimum prescribed
hourly rate of pay is
implemented as from the first full pay
week in May 2021, provided
that the employee
who is already earning a wage
above the threshold will only
receive the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %.
3.3.2
In the event that an employee earns
above the threshold if the full across
the board
increase is to be awarded, such
employee may not be awarded
the full across the
board increase, but shall receive an
increase up to the threshold or
the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %,
whichever is the greater.
4.
Prescribed minimum hourly rates
of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties
from the first full pay week
in MAY 2021 (for the Free
State Province ONLY):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed minimum hourly
Skills Level
rates of pay effective for
52
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Furniture,
General worker
Bedding and
Upholstery
05
Code
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2021 (for the Free
State Province ONLY)
Furniture,
Bedding and
General worker
05
As per the national minimum
wage rate increase
Upholstery
Semi -skilled employee
04
R22 -39 per hour
Skilled employee
03
R24 -80 per hour
Ch- argehand
02
R26 -60 per hour
Foreman /Supervisor
01
R26 -60 per hour
4.1
In the event that the Government implements any amendments to the national minimum
hourly rate of pay and the hourly rates of pay of the employees above
are below the
national minimum hourly rate of pay, such hourly rates of pay shall be adjusted to the
national minimum hourly rate of pay in accordance with the implementation date of such.
5.
Prescribed across the board increases of actual hourly rates of pay effective for 52 weeks
for parties and non -parties from the first full pay week in MAY 2022
- subject to Addendum
4 (for the Free State Province ONLY):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Skills Level
Code
Prescribed across the board
increases of actual hourly
rates of pay effective for 52
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
week in MAY 2022 - subject to
Addendum 4 (for the Free State
Province ONLY)
6%
increase of actual hourly rate of
pay, subject to the offset in
clause 5.2 and subject to clause
5.3 below.
6%
increase of actual hourly wage,
subject to clause 5.3 below.
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6%
Skilled employee
03
02
Foreman /Supervisor
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay, subject to
clause 5.3 below.
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay, subject to
clause 5.3 below.
increase of actual hourly rate
of
pay, subject to
clause 5.3 below.
5.1
In the event that employees
who received the across the
board wage increases
still receive
hourly rates of pay less than
the mínimum hourly rates
of pay of their respective
occupation
skills levels, these employees
must receive an additional
adjustment of their hourly rates
of
pay to be at least
that of the minimum
prescribed hourly rate of pay
for the applicable
occupation skills level.
5.2
General Workers: The across
the board increase from the
first full pay week in May
2022 to
be offset against the national
minimum wage increases when
implemented earlier in 2022, for
such general workers.
5.3
Increase Threshold
5.3.1
A wage threshold of
40% above any minimum
prescribed hourly rate of pay
is
implemented as from the first full pay
week in May 2022, provided
that the employee
who is already earning a wage
above the threshold will only
receive the across the
board increase minus 1.5 %.
5.3.2
In the event that an employee
earns above the
threshold if the full across the
board
increase is to be awarded,
such employee may not
be awarded the full across
the
board increase, but shall receive an
increase up to the threshold or
the across the
board increase minus 1.5
%, whichever is the greater.
Prescribed minimum hourly
rates of pay effective for
52 weeks for parties
and non -parties
from the first full pay week
in MAY 2022 (for
the Free State Province
ONLY):
Sector
Occupation Skills Level
Occupation
Prescribed minimum hourly
Skills Level
rates of pay effective for
52
Code
weeks for parties and non-
parties from the first full pay
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ADDENDUM 4
20.
Insert Addendum 4 as follows
"ADDENDUM 4
1.
INFLATION PARAMETERS
ACROSS THE BOARD WAGE INCREASES OF ACTUAL
HOURLY RATES OF PAY EFFECTIVE FROM THE FIRST FULL PAY WEEK IN MAY 2021
AND
MAY 2022 IN RESPECT OF ADDENDUMS 2 AND 3
Across the board hourly wage rate increases of actual hourly wage rates effective from
the first full pay week of May 2021 and May 2022, shall be applicable
as reflected
above, provided that the CPI rate for the year ending February 2021 and February
2022 is not below 3% or above 8.5 %.
1.2
If the official CPI rate for the year ending February 2021 and February 2022 is below
3 %, the Employer party to this Agreement may request to renegotiate the
across the
board hourly wage rate increases and if it is above 8.5 %, the Trade Union parties
may
request to renegotiate the across the board hourly wage rate increases for the periods
effective from the first full pay week of May 2021 and /or the first full
pay week of May
37
week in MAY
2022
(for the Free
State Province ONLY)
Furniture,
Bedding and
General worker
05
As per the national minimum
wage rate increase
Upholstery
Semi- skilled employee
04
R23 -51 per hour
Skilled employee
03
R25 -79 per hour
Chargehand
02
R27 -66 per hour
Foreman /Supervisor
01
R27 -66 per hour
6.1
In the event that the Government implements any amendments to the national minimum
hourly rate of pay and the hourly rates of pay of the employees above
are below the
national minimum hourly rate of pay, such hourly rates of pay shall be adjusted to the
national minimum hourly rate of pay in accordance with the implementation date of such.
7.
Subsistence Allowance (for the Free State Province Only)
A minimum subsistence allowance of-
3.1
R160 -Q0
per day
is
payable, where the employee pays for
his own food and
accommodation;
3.2
R65 -00 per day is payable, where the employer pays for the employee's accommodation
only ".
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2022, provided that such
requests must be submitted
to reach the other
parties by not
later than 15 March of
the applicable year
"
Agreement signed at
Johannesburg on this 1111ß day
of March 2020.
L DIRKSEN
Chairman of the Council
---
P BABOTHATA
Vice -Chairman of the
Council
C
W(')'
44-141.i(
WA JANSE VAN
RENSBJRG
General Secretary
.'
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