PART 2
ANNEXURE I
HOME TEXTILES SECTION
A. APPLICATION
35. CLAUSE 1: SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1.1 As per clause 1 of Part 1 of this agreement.
1.2 In addition to clause 1 Part 1 of this agreement the scope of this subsector will be defined as follows:
Home Textiles 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 manufacture of household textiles: textile furnishings; towels and toweling; and any other made-up textiles. and includes all
operations and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon; but excludes the manufacture of any garments and other products that are covered by the jurisdiction of the National Clothing Bargaining Council;
B. REMUNERATION
36. CLAUSE 4: MINIMUM WAGES
Substitute the following for the existing clause 4
4.1 The minimum wages for the Home Textiles Section, which an employer shall pay to employees, shall be as specified in table 4.2 below.
4.2 Eve ry employer must pay each employee a wage that is not less than the minimum wage rate prescribed in the table below and for the grades as specified in the grading table in 4.5 below:
| Grade |
HOURLY RATE OF PAY |
| 1 |
R 8.67 |
| 2 |
R 9.33 |
| 3 |
R 10.01 |
| 4 |
R 10.74 |
| 5 |
R 11.89 |
4.3 As per the provisions of clause 4.3 of Pa rt 1 of this Agreement.
4.4 If an employer is already paying wage rates equal to or more than the wage rates set out in clause 4.2 of this Annexure at the date this agreement comes into effect, the following minimum hourly increases per grade shall be paid to employees:
| Grade |
INCREASED |
| 1 |
49 cents per hour |
| 2 |
53 cents per hour |
| 3 |
57 cents per hour |
| 4 |
61 cents per hour |
| 5 |
67 cents per hour |
4.5 The Job Grading Structure for the Home Textiles Section will be as detailed in the table below:
G
R
A
D
E |
GENERIC JOB CLASSIFICATION |
DESCRIPTIVE /DISTINGUISHING CRITERIA |
COMPARABLE JOB CLASSIFICATION* |
| PAT |
TSK |
HAY |
PER |
| 1 |
General Utility Worker |
- work of manual nature
- defined task: little or no discretion
- learning period <2 weeks
- mainly physical pressure
|
A1
A2 |
1
2 |
G1 |
17
18
19 |
| 2 |
Attendant Assistant |
- discretion within defined limits
- learning period <4 weeks
- attends to process; does not control operation; semi repetetive
- functional equivalent to numeracy and literacy of Grade 7 education required
|
A3
B1 |
3
4 |
G2 |
15
16 |
| 3 |
Operator / Clerk |
- previous experience at G2 may be required
- learning period up to six months before full competency achieved
- functional equivalent to numercay and leteracy of Grade 10 education required
- discretion and judgement required in decision making
- these skills are acquired through a learning period and developed by a consistent application and correction until operations become routine
|
B2 |
5 |
G3 |
14 |
| 4 |
Senior / Versatile
Operator / Clerk |
- Previous experience at G3 required
- additional learning period up to one year
- functional equivalent to numeracy and literacy of Grade 12 education required
- wide discretion and judgement in decision making
- and multiskilled, capable of operating more than one process competently in G3 and G4 operations
|
B3 |
6 |
G4 |
13 |
| 5 |
Supervisor
Operator / Clerk
Sectional Supervisor |
- Responible for a section of process or section plant of process or section plant
- supervisor skills certified
- Fully competent in all functions at G4
|
B4
B5 |
7
8 |
G5 |
11
12 |
Procedures to resolve grading grievances will be agreed upon at plant level.
E: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
37. CLAUSE 29: SACTWU HIV/AIDS PROJECT
Substitute the following for the existing clause 29 Each employer shall contribute 30c per week per employee towards the
SACTWU HIV/AIDS Project. This contribution shall be paid over directly to the SACTWU Finance Depart ment (Head Office Account), at the end of December and the end of June of each year
H: GENERAL
38. CLAUSE 50: FREQUENCY OF NEGOTIATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Substitute the following for the existing clause 50.1
50.1 This Agreement shall remain in force until 31 December 2008, save that the parties to the Council shal l' annually negotiate amendments to this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed, provided that no such amendments shall take effect before 1 July 2008.
