Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry2024 - 2026 Substantive Agreement2. Scope and Effective Date |
| 2.1 | This Agreement shall bind the parties and their members, and notwithstanding the provisions of clause 2.4 below, shall remain effective beyond its expiry date or until the parties agree otherwise. The parties record that they may agree in future to negotiate other than on an annual basis. In this regard, it is recorded that the parties have agreed to a two-year agreement for the purpose of this agreement with the next round of substantive negotiations to be scheduled to commence during the year 2026. |
| 2.2 | The scope of this Agreement shall cover all clothing and garment knitting operations including hosiery and millinery within the geographic scope of the areas covered by the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry. |
| 2.3 | The provisions contained in this agreement, once adopted by the National Bargaining Council, will be submitted to the Department of 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. |
| 2.4 | The effective date of implementation of this Agreement is 1 September 2024 and the duration of this Agreement will be for a 24-month period, from 1 September 2024 until 31 August 2026, but further subject to sub-clause 2.5 below. |
| 2.5 | The Main Agreement as amended by this year's round of negotiations shall, subject to Ministerial approval, remain gazetted and extended to non-parties for a further period of six years with effect from 1 September 2024, subject to the annual negotiations provisions currently enshrined in the "Frequency of Negotiations" clause of the current gazetted Main Agreement and as further varied by the last sentence of sub-clause 2.1 above. |