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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

South Western Districts

Main Collective Agreement

Part l

C. Contributions and Deductions

47. Levies payable by Employers who are members of the Employers' Association

Purchase

(1)

Every employer who is a member of Garden Route Employers' Association shall forward to the Secretary of the Council any levy due and payable by members of the Association in terms of its constitution by not later than the fifteenth (15th) day of each month following that in respect of which such levies are due.

(2)

(a)

An employer who is in arrears with payments in terms of subclause (1) and who fails, after having been warned in writing by the Council, to forward the outstanding amounts shall, upon being notified by the Council in writing to do so, submit the amounts payable 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 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 a monthly basis, as provided in terms of subclause (1).

(b)

Should any amount due in terms of this clause not be received by the Council by the fifteenth (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 in terms of the applicable rate in terms of the Prescribed Rate of Interest Act on such amount or on such lesser amount as may remain unpaid at the rate prescribed by the Prescribed Rate of interest Act, Act No. 55 of 1975, as amended, calculated from such fifteenth (15th) day until the day upon which 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 of becoming obliged to pay any collection commission by reason of the failure of the employer to make any payment on or before the due date, the employer shall then be liable to forthwith pay all such collection commission, and the Council shall be entitled in its absolute discretion to allocate any payment by the employer first to the satisfaction of such costs, collection commission and interest, and thereafter to the reduction of the overdue capital amount.