S.L. 492.4 Art. 8Remuneration to members and employees of charity shops. Renumbered: L.N. 425 of 2021.

(1) The members and employees of a charity shop may be entitled to remuneration for services rendered to such charity shop in terms of the market levels and market conditions as defined in the Act, and such services shall be published in the annual report prepared by the administrators of the related voluntary organisation.

(2) Administrators of a charity shop shall:

(a) declare the amount of remuneration received by its employees; and

(b) provide a copy of the contract of employment to the Commissioner, which shall be used by the Commissioner for internal purposes only.

(3) Saving the provisions of sub-regulation (2), in the case of charity shops receiving government funds, the employees of such charity shops shall be entitled to remuneration which shall not exceed the salary of a public officer or a civil servant, when compared to their respective designated role in such charity shop.

(4) The Commissioner shall, in all cases mentioned under sub-regulation (2), and in order to ensure that employees are not paid exorbitant rates, be entitled to obtain from the voluntary organisation or any other entity or authority concerned, the number of employees in the charity shop and their respective designated role, together with any other information which the Commissioner may require in this regard.

(5) The remuneration of persons who are employed to carry out management duties, executive functions or fundraising activities in a charity shop shall not be such as to materially prejudice the voluntary organisation from achieving its principal purpose and objectives.