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

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National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry

Extension to Non-Parties of the COVID-19 Lockdown II Collective Agreement

2. Scope and Effective Date

 

2.1. This Agreement shall bind the parties and their members. It shall become effective as from the date adopted by Council (irrespective of data of signature) and shall remain effective until the parties agree otherwise.

 

2.2. The scope of this Agreement shall cover all employers and employees in the registered scope of the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry.

 

2.3. Despite the provision of sub-clause 2.2 of this agreement, the Council authorises that the UIF payment and transmission service provisions of this agreement shall be offered as a value added solidarity service to all employees in our industry pipeline, or any members of the trade union, beyond the registered scope of the Council, provided that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) funds referred to later in this agreement are sufficient to cover such an expanded service.

 

2.4. The provisions contained in this agreement, once adopted by the Council, will be submitted to the Department of Employment and Labour for extension to cover all non-parties and non-signatory party employer associations within the geographic scope of the areas covered by the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry.

 

2.5. The effective date of implementation of this Agreement is 11 May 2020 and the duration of this Agreement will be for a 24 month period, from 11 May 2020 until 10 May 2022, but further subject to sub-clause 2.6 below.

 

2.6. The Main Agreement as amended by this collective agreement shall, subject to Ministerial approval, remain gazetted and extended to non-parties for a further period of six years with effect from 11 May 2020, subject to the parties retaining the right to re-negotiate variations thereto, as and when they deem it necessary to do so.

 

 


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