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

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Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Western Cape

Extension to non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

Part ll

Clause 49 - Non compliance

 

(a) All contributions payable in terms of clause 41, 42, 45 and 47 shall be paid by the Employer to the Secretary of the Council month by month, and not later than the 15th day of each month following that in respect of which they are due.

 

(b) Contributions payable in terms of clause 46 shall be paid by the Employer to the Principal Officer of the Provident Fund month by month, and not later than the 15th day of each month following that in respect of which they are due.

 

(b) An Employer who is in arrears with payments in terms of paragraph (a) and (b) and who fails, after having been warned in writing by the Council, to forward the outstanding amounts within seven days of such warning shall, upon being notified by the Council in writing to do so, submit the amounts in terms of this clause week by week so as to reach the Secretary not later than the Friday following the pay -day of the week in respect of which the amounts are due. An Employer to whom the provisions of this paragraph have been applied may, only upon being notified by the Council in writing, revert to the payment of amounts payable in terms of this clause on the monthly basis in terms of paragraph (a).

 

(c) Should any amount due in terms of this clause not be received by the Council by the 15th day of the month following the month in respect of which it is payable, the Employer shall forthwith be liable for and be required to pay interest on such amount or on such lesser amount as remains unpaid at the rate prescribed by the Prescribed Rate of Interest Act, No. 55 of 1975, as amended, calculated from such 15th day until the day upon which the payment is actually received by the Council.

Provided that the Council shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to waive payment of such interest or part thereof in any individual instance.

In the event of the Council incurring any costs or becoming obliged to pay any costs, collection commission by reason of the failure of the Employer to make any payment on or before the due date, the Employer shall then also be liable to forthwith pay all such costs of whatever nature, including costs as between attorney and client and all such collection commission, and the Council shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to allocate any payment by the Employer firstly in satisfaction of any such costs, collection commission and interest, and thereafter in reduction of the overdue capital amount.

 

 


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