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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Western Cape

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

Part l

A - Administrative issues

Clause 1 - Scope of application of Agreement

 

(1) The terms of this Agreement shall be observed in the Furniture, Bedding, Upholstery and Curtain Manufacturing Industry as defined hereunder in the Provinces of the Northern Cape and Western Cape excluding the Magisterial Districts George, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Oudtshoorn and Plettenberg Bay.

 

"Furniture, Bedding, Upholstery and Curtain 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 in part, of all types of components of furniture, furniture, bedding, curtains, upholstery and/or re-upholstery and will, inter alia, include but not be limited to the following:

 

(a) Furniture

Manufacturing, assembling, repairing, staining, spraying, polishing, re-polishing, making loose covers and/or cushions, wood machining, veneering, woodturning, carving, assembling, painting, spraying, cutting, edging, drilling, wood bending, laminating and/or papering/foiling, of board.

 

"Board" means any type of wood or wooden or related product or any other substitute material amongst others being: laminated board, fibre board, chip board, block board, veneer board, pressed board.

 

Furniture manufacturing will also include the manufacturing, repairing, polishing, assembling, cutting, drilling, edging, repolishing, staining, spraying either in whole or in part of: pianos, organs, kitchen cupboards, attached wall cupboards, built-in cupboards, free standing cupboards, bars or built-in bar counters, cane, wicker or grass furniture, cabinets including cabinets for musical instruments and radios, wireless or television cabinets, coffins, draw and draw fronts, doors and cupboard doors irrespective of size, bathroom cupboards, cupboard tops and furniture for tea - rooms, restaurants, offices, churches, schools, libraries, hotels, other educational institutions, conference centres and theatres.

 

(b) Bedding

The manufacturing, assembling, repairing, covering, recovering of mattress bases, mattresses, spring mattresses, overlays, bolsters, pillows, cushions for studio couches, spring units, box-spring mattresses, sleeper couches and studio couches.

 

"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 and the seating and /or mainly of metal and /or cushions. sleeping surfaces consist of mattresses

 

(c) Upholstery

The upholstering or re-upholstering of any furniture, or item of furniture, bedding, seating, pelmets, mattress bases, foam mattresses and/or cushions.

 

(d) Curtain making

The making, altering, repairing and hanging of curtains and /or blinds made mainly of fabric, wood, cane, wicker, reed or grass.

 

Curtain making includes window treatment, cutting of rails and rods, fitting of pelmets, curtains, blinds and associated products.

 

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub -clause (1), the terms of this Agreement shall:—
(a) apply to all employees for whom minimum wages are prescribed in this agreement and to employers of such employees.
(b) apply to Learners in so far as the terms are not inconsistent with the Skills Development Act, 97 of 1998, or any contract entered into or any condition fixed under the Skills Development Act, 97 of 1998.