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

Notices

Main Collective Agreement

Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry

Extension of Construction Industry Retirement Benefit Fund Collective Agreement to Non-parties

1. Scope of Application of Agreement
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1.1 The terms of this Agreement shall apply to and be observed—
(a) throughout the Republic of South Africa; and
(b) by all employers and employees in the Civil Engineering Industry who are members of the employers' organisations and the trade unions, respectively.

 

1.2. All the employers who do not have a retirement benefit fund in favour of their employees in place, shall by publication of this agreement join the Construction Industry Retirement Benefit Fund.

 

1.3. The rules of the retirement benefit fund referred to in this Agreement shall require that employers and employees contribute equally in respect of each employee's membership of the retirement benefit fund. Provided that a fund which provides solely for payment of benefits on death and disability shall not be deemed to be a pension or provident fund for the purposes of this Agreement

 

1.4 Notwithstanding the above, clause 1.2 will not apply to employers contributing to an existing Retirement Benefit Fund, registered in terms of the Pension Fund Act of 1956, which was fully operational before the publication of this agreement.

 

1.5This Agreement is binding in terms of Section 31 of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995, on the parties which concluded the Conditions of Employment Collective Agreement and shall become binding on the other employers and employees in the industry upon extension by the Honorable Minister of Labour in terms of Section 32, from a date determined by the Minister.