PART 2
ANNEXURE F
WOOL AND MOHAIR SUBSECTOR
A. APPLICATION
19. CLAUSE 1: SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1.1 As per clause 1 of Pa rt 1 of this agreement
1.2 In addition to clause 1 of Part 1 of this agreement the scope of this subsector will be defined as follows:
Wool and Mohair Section 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 purpose of handling and/or receiving and/or grading and/or sorting and/or weighing and/or cataloguing and/or washing
and/or carbonising and/or combing and/or bleaching and/or shrink proofing
of wool, mohair, and/or similar fibres and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon
E: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
20. CLAUSE 29. SACTWU HIV/AIDS PROJECT
Substitute the following for the existing clause 29
29.1 Each employee shall be granted two (2) hours paid time off per annum for HIV/AIDS awareness training. Such training to be co- ordinated by the SACTWU 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 30c (thirty cents) per week per employee. Such contribution shall be made directly to the SACTWU Finance Department, 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 the 30 November of the previous year. The union shall provide the employers with regular (at least bi-annual) report s on the activities of the SACTWU HIV/AIDS Project.
G: ORGANISATIONAL RIGHTS
21. CLAUSE 35: SHOP STEWARDS' RIGHTS AND FACILITIES
Substitute the following for the existing clause 35.1
35.1 Shop stewards' leave entitlement shall be 7 days per shop steward per annum for the number of shop stewards set out in the Labour Relations Act. This shop stewards leave entitlement will increase to 8 days per shop steward per annum with effect from 1 July 2008.
