PART 2
ANNEXURE E
CARPETS SUBSECTOR
A. APPLICATION
14, CLAUSE 1: SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1.1 As per clause 1 of Part 1 of this agreement.
1.2 In addition to clause 1 of Part 1 of this agreement the scope of this sub sector will be defined as follows:
Carpets Subsector, which without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the manufacture and / or converting of: all types of carpets, rugs, carpet tiles and broadloom carpets, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
B. REMUNERATION
15 CLAUSE 4: MINIMUM WAGES
Substitute the following for the existing clause 4
4.1 The minimum wages for the Carpet Subsector which an employer shall pay to employees shall be R17.73 per hour unless an exemption is granted:
4.2 Every employer must pay each employee a wage that is not less than the minimum wage set out in clause 4.1 above.
4.3 As per the provisions of clause 4.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16. CLAUSE 7: LONG SERVICE ALLOWANCE
Substitute the following for the existing clause 7
7.1 Every employer must pay each employee a long service award in addition to the wage prescribed in clause 4 above.
7.2 The long service award is:
(a) 60c per week for each completed year of service
(b) payable from 1 July 2007
7.3 The long service award from 1 Janua ry 2008 will be 65c per week for each completed year of service.
E: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
17 CLAUSE 25: RETIREMENT FUND
Substitute the following for the existing clause 25
25.1 As per the provisions of clause 25.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement
25.2 The employer contribution to the applicable retirement fund shall be a minimum of 7% of the basic wage and the employee contribution to the fund shall be 6% of the basic wage.
Temporary employees in the employ of the employer shall not be entitled to retirement fund membership for any period of employment during the period of operation of Part 1 of this Agreement.
18 CLAUSE 29: SACTWU HIV/AIDS PROJECT
Substitute the following for the existing clause 29
29.1 All employers in the Carpet Subsector shall recognise HIV/AIDS awareness training as a skills priority area within their Workplace Skills Plans and shall schedule two hours' paid time-off per employee per annum for HIV/AIDS awareness programmes co-ordinated by a HIV/AIDS Steering Committee at each establishment in association with the trade union's HIV/AIDS Project.
29.2 For the purpose of providing for a fund to provide HIV/AIDS education and awareness in the workplace, each employer shall contribute 20c (twenty cents) per week per employee. Such contribution shall be made directly to the SACTWU Finance Depa rtment, on an annual basis, by no later than 31 January each year. The amount to be paid shall be calculated according to the number of employees in employ as at 30 November of the previous year, The union shall provide the employers with regular (at least bi-annual) reports on the activities of the SACTWU HIV/AIDS project.
