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Part 1 – Summary of the Main Agreement conditions of employment
1. Scope of application of the agreement
2. Period of operation of the agreement
3. Definitions
4. Hours of work
Ordinary hours of work
Alternative working time arrangements
Clocking in
Maximum overtime
Working consecutive shifts
Intervals or breaks during a working period
5. Overtime and payment for work on Sundays
Rate of pay for overtime
Rate of pay for urgent work
Rate of pay for starting work before the usual starting time of the shift
Rate of pay for starting work on a Saturday before the usual starting time of the shift
Rate of pay for working on a Sunday
Rate of pay for urgent maintenance work on a Sunday
Rate of pay for shift work beginning on a Sunday night
Deductions from overtime for absence during an ordinary shift
6. Shift work
Rate of pay for night shift work
Number of consecutive nights that must be worked to constitute night shift work
Time to elapse between working on night shift and day shift
Rate of pay for working a two-shift or three-shift system
Rate of pay for time worked after the completion of the usual shift
Deductions from overtime for absence during ordinary hours of a shift
Night work
7. Short-time
Definition – Short-time
Notification – Short-time
General – Short-time
Unforeseen contingencies and/or circumstances – Short-time
Unplanned load shedding and power outages
8. Payment of earnings
Payday
Alternative provisions regarding form of payment
Permitted deductions from earnings
Deductions for training expenses
Team work
9. Maternity leave
Special definitions for this section
A permanent employee shall be entitled to the following benefits
Employing a temporary substitute employee
Retrenchment of absent employees
Pregnant employees engaged in night work
10. Incentive bonus work
Minimum working conditions for incentive bonus work
Rest periods
Rates for incentive bonus work
Disputes over incentive bonus work
Arrangement while waiting for a decision from the bargaining council
Date on which the bargaining council’s decision becomes applicable
Payment at annual shutdown to employees who do not qualify for the full period of paid leave
Payment for normal delays
Minimum rate for incentive bonus work
Guarantee to employee on hourly rate of pay
Payday for incentive bonus work
Conditions under which an employee is entitled to three consecutive weeks’ paid leave
Prohibition from working incentive bonus work
Apprentices and incentive bonus work
Re-negotiation of incentive bonus rates
11. Payment for public holidays
Paid public holidays
Public holiday falling on a Saturday
Public holiday falling on a Sunday
Public holiday falling during periods of short-time or lay-off
Rate of pay for working on a paid public holiday
Two-shift and three-shift systems
12. Leave pay
Calculating leave pay
Calculating leave pay for employees engaged on incentive bonus work
Conditions under which an employee is entitled to three consecutive weeks’ paid leave
Leave pay on termination of employment
Payment of leave pay in the case of death or incapacity of an employee
Date of commencement of employee’s employment for purposes of calculating leave pay
Calculation of leave pay
13. Additional leave pay
Conditions to qualify for an extra week’s paid leave
Accumulated leave
Fourth paid leave cycle and partial employment
Payment of additional leave pay to an employee who terminates employment
14. Leave enhanced pay (formly known as leave bonus)
Calculation of leave enhancement pay (formerly leave bonus)
Leave enhancement pay and termination of employment
Leave enhancement exemptions
Exemption Application – for Leave Enhancement Pay / Leave Bonus
15. Special provisions relating to employees transferred to unscheduled occupations
16. Annual shutdown
Application for intended annual shutdown
Duration of annual shutdown
Payment at annual shutdown to employees who do not qualify for the full period of paid leave
Essential work during annual shutdown
Advance notification of next annual shutdown
Notice to discontinue annual shutdown
Termination of employment before annual shutdown
17. Allowances
Travelling and subsistence allowances
Abnormally Dirty Work Allowance
Height allowance for work in ships
18. Termination of Employment
Length of notice
Deduction from pay for failure to work notice
Saturday and the period of notice
Terminations and the LRA
Prohibition on the termination of employment of HIV positive employees
19. Employment of juveniles and issue of certificates
Definition – Juvenile
Certificate from council
Withdrawal of certificate
Return of certificate
Employment on Rate A work
20. Outwork
Working outside the establishment
Working in another region
Hiring labour
21. Employment of persons under 15 years of age
22. Insurance of tools
23. Exemptions
Exemptions
Independent Exemptions Appeal Board
Exemption criteria
24. Exhibition of agreement
25. Manufacturing certificates
26. Administration of agreement
27. Working partners
28. Agents
29. Injury on duty allowance
Payment for employees covered by the Sick Pay Fund
30. Unauthorised employment
31. Prohibition of cession and/or set-off
32. Certificate of service
33. Technological changes and work re-organisation
Technological changes and work re-organisation
Technological change
Work re-organisation
Outsourcing and insourcing
Retrenchments or redundancies
34. Paid sick leave
Preamble
35. Security of employment and severance pay
Severance pay
36. Procedure for the negotiation of agreements and settlement of disputes
37. Levels of bargaining in the industry
38. Working-in time arrangements
39. Stand-by and call-out
40. Productivity bargaining
41. Extension of the agreement to the former independent states and self-governing areas
42. Family Responsibility Leave
43. Code of Good Practice on key aspects of HIV/Aids and employment
44. Attendance of worker representatives at national and regional council committees
45. Special provisions limited to construction sites
46. Time off for the training of shop stewards and for trade union office bearers to attend meetings
47. Time off for trustees of industry benefit funds and Merseta representatives
48. Employee training
49. Industry Policy Forum
50. Employee Share Ownership Programmes (Esops)
Part 2 – Wages and/or earnings
Increases on actual rates of pay
Wage Increase Exemptions
Guaranteed personal minimum increases
Table 3: General wage increases
Table 4: Electric cable (schedule F)
Table 5: Structural engineering
Table 6: Apprentices
Table 7: Five-grade schedule
Table 8: Vehicle drivers
Table 9: Gate and fence manufacturing (division D/7)
Table 10: Annexure H: Construction sites covered by a Project Labour Agreement
Annexures
Annexure A – Security of employment and severance pay
1.1 Introduction – Retrenchments and/or redundancies
1.2 Procedure A
1.3 Procedure B
2.1 Notice of proposed retrenchment
2.2 Consultation process
2.3 Severance pay
2.4 Notification of termination of employment
2.5 Notification to the bargaining council
2.6 Re-employment of retrenched employees
3.1 Notice of proposed retrenchment
3.2 Appointment of a CCMA facilitator
3.3 Procedure when a CCMA facilitator is not appointed
3.4 Selection criteria
3.5 Severance pay
3.6 Notification to the bargaining council
3.7 Re-employment of retrenched employees
Notification – Lay-offs
Definition – Lay-offs
Consultation – Lay-offs
Notification to employee – Lay-offs
General – Lay-offs
Turnaround work – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Ship repair work – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Short-term fluctuations in workload – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Sitework – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
General – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Limited Duration Contract of Employment
Model Contract for use by Temporary Employment Services
Annexure B – Five-Grade Job and Wage Structure
Annexure C – The skill definitions accompanying the new five-grade structure
The skill definitions accompanying the new five-grade structure
Definition of terms used in these levels
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grading of supervisors
Annexure D – Productivity Agreement: Objective
Productivity Agreement: Objective
Productivity Guidelines
Annexure E – Esops and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) issues
Annexure F – Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment
Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment: Introduction
Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment: Objectives
3. Policy principles
4. Application and scope
5. Legal framework
6. Promoting a non-discriminatory work environment
7. HIV testing, confidentiality and disclosure
8. Promoting a safe workplace
9. Compensation for occupationally-acquired HIV
10. Employee benefits
11. Dismissal
12. Grievance procedures
13. Management of HIV/Aids in the workplace
14. Assessing the impact of HIV/Aids on the workplace
15. Measures to deal with HIV/Aids within the workplace
16. Information and education
Annexure G – Attendance of worker representatives on national and regional committees of the bargaining council
Attendance of worker representatives on national and regional committees of the bargaining council
Annexure H: Construction sites covered by a Project Labour Agreement
General provisions
Inclement weather
Retirement benefit funds
Annexure I – Industry Policy Forum
Preamble
Definition and Objectives
Terms of reference
Composition, Meetings and timeframes
Resourcing and research capacity
Dispute Resolution
Annexure J – Ship building and/or ship repair work
Ship Building and Ship Repair Exemption
Ship building and/or ship repair work
Annexure K – Future of Industry Collective Bargaining
A-Z Index
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
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L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
Agreements – Provident
Pro forma letters
Letter 1: Pro Forma Letter of Employment
Letter 2: Limited Duration Contract of Employment for substitute temporary employees
Letter 3: Notification of short-time working
Letter 4: Notification of lay-off to a trade union
Letter 5: Written notice to a trade union of a perceived need to implement a retrenchment
Letter 6: Notice of voluntary retrenchment
Limited Duration Contract of Employment
Wage Increase Exemptions
LEP Exemptions
Technical schedules
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule M
Proforma Letters 16
Main Agreement Handbook
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Wage Increase 2018
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Part 1 – Summary of the Main Agreement conditions of employment
1. Scope of application of the agreement
2. Period of operation of the agreement
3. Definitions
4. Hours of work
Ordinary hours of work
Alternative working time arrangements
Clocking in
Maximum overtime
Working consecutive shifts
Intervals or breaks during a working period
5. Overtime and payment for work on Sundays
Rate of pay for overtime
Rate of pay for urgent work
Rate of pay for starting work before the usual starting time of the shift
Rate of pay for starting work on a Saturday before the usual starting time of the shift
Rate of pay for working on a Sunday
Rate of pay for urgent maintenance work on a Sunday
Rate of pay for shift work beginning on a Sunday night
Deductions from overtime for absence during an ordinary shift
6. Shift work
Rate of pay for night shift work
Number of consecutive nights that must be worked to constitute night shift work
Time to elapse between working on night shift and day shift
Rate of pay for working a two-shift or three-shift system
Rate of pay for time worked after the completion of the usual shift
Deductions from overtime for absence during ordinary hours of a shift
Night work
7. Short-time
Definition – Short-time
Notification – Short-time
General – Short-time
Unforeseen contingencies and/or circumstances – Short-time
Unplanned load shedding and power outages
8. Payment of earnings
Payday
Alternative provisions regarding form of payment
Permitted deductions from earnings
Deductions for training expenses
Team work
9. Maternity leave
Special definitions for this section
A permanent employee shall be entitled to the following benefits
Employing a temporary substitute employee
Retrenchment of absent employees
Pregnant employees engaged in night work
10. Incentive bonus work
Minimum working conditions for incentive bonus work
Rest periods
Rates for incentive bonus work
Disputes over incentive bonus work
Arrangement while waiting for a decision from the bargaining council
Date on which the bargaining council’s decision becomes applicable
Payment at annual shutdown to employees who do not qualify for the full period of paid leave
Payment for normal delays
Minimum rate for incentive bonus work
Guarantee to employee on hourly rate of pay
Payday for incentive bonus work
Conditions under which an employee is entitled to three consecutive weeks’ paid leave
Prohibition from working incentive bonus work
Apprentices and incentive bonus work
Re-negotiation of incentive bonus rates
11. Payment for public holidays
Paid public holidays
Public holiday falling on a Saturday
Public holiday falling on a Sunday
Public holiday falling during periods of short-time or lay-off
Rate of pay for working on a paid public holiday
Two-shift and three-shift systems
12. Leave pay
Calculating leave pay
Calculating leave pay for employees engaged on incentive bonus work
Conditions under which an employee is entitled to three consecutive weeks’ paid leave
Leave pay on termination of employment
Payment of leave pay in the case of death or incapacity of an employee
Date of commencement of employee’s employment for purposes of calculating leave pay
Calculation of leave pay
13. Additional leave pay
Conditions to qualify for an extra week’s paid leave
Accumulated leave
Fourth paid leave cycle and partial employment
Payment of additional leave pay to an employee who terminates employment
14. Leave enhanced pay (formly known as leave bonus)
Calculation of leave enhancement pay (formerly leave bonus)
Leave enhancement pay and termination of employment
Leave enhancement exemptions
Exemption Application – for Leave Enhancement Pay / Leave Bonus
15. Special provisions relating to employees transferred to unscheduled occupations
16. Annual shutdown
Application for intended annual shutdown
Duration of annual shutdown
Payment at annual shutdown to employees who do not qualify for the full period of paid leave
Essential work during annual shutdown
Advance notification of next annual shutdown
Notice to discontinue annual shutdown
Termination of employment before annual shutdown
17. Allowances
Travelling and subsistence allowances
Abnormally Dirty Work Allowance
Height allowance for work in ships
18. Termination of Employment
Length of notice
Deduction from pay for failure to work notice
Saturday and the period of notice
Terminations and the LRA
Prohibition on the termination of employment of HIV positive employees
19. Employment of juveniles and issue of certificates
Definition – Juvenile
Certificate from council
Withdrawal of certificate
Return of certificate
Employment on Rate A work
20. Outwork
Working outside the establishment
Working in another region
Hiring labour
21. Employment of persons under 15 years of age
22. Insurance of tools
23. Exemptions
Exemptions
Independent Exemptions Appeal Board
Exemption criteria
24. Exhibition of agreement
25. Manufacturing certificates
26. Administration of agreement
27. Working partners
28. Agents
29. Injury on duty allowance
Payment for employees covered by the Sick Pay Fund
30. Unauthorised employment
31. Prohibition of cession and/or set-off
32. Certificate of service
33. Technological changes and work re-organisation
Technological changes and work re-organisation
Technological change
Work re-organisation
Outsourcing and insourcing
Retrenchments or redundancies
34. Paid sick leave
Preamble
35. Security of employment and severance pay
Severance pay
36. Procedure for the negotiation of agreements and settlement of disputes
37. Levels of bargaining in the industry
38. Working-in time arrangements
39. Stand-by and call-out
40. Productivity bargaining
41. Extension of the agreement to the former independent states and self-governing areas
42. Family Responsibility Leave
43. Code of Good Practice on key aspects of HIV/Aids and employment
44. Attendance of worker representatives at national and regional council committees
45. Special provisions limited to construction sites
46. Time off for the training of shop stewards and for trade union office bearers to attend meetings
47. Time off for trustees of industry benefit funds and Merseta representatives
48. Employee training
49. Industry Policy Forum
50. Employee Share Ownership Programmes (Esops)
Part 2 – Wages and/or earnings
Increases on actual rates of pay
Wage Increase Exemptions
Guaranteed personal minimum increases
Table 3: General wage increases
Table 4: Electric cable (schedule F)
Table 5: Structural engineering
Table 6: Apprentices
Table 7: Five-grade schedule
Table 8: Vehicle drivers
Table 9: Gate and fence manufacturing (division D/7)
Table 10: Annexure H: Construction sites covered by a Project Labour Agreement
Annexures
Annexure A – Security of employment and severance pay
1.1 Introduction – Retrenchments and/or redundancies
1.2 Procedure A
1.3 Procedure B
2.1 Notice of proposed retrenchment
2.2 Consultation process
2.3 Severance pay
2.4 Notification of termination of employment
2.5 Notification to the bargaining council
2.6 Re-employment of retrenched employees
3.1 Notice of proposed retrenchment
3.2 Appointment of a CCMA facilitator
3.3 Procedure when a CCMA facilitator is not appointed
3.4 Selection criteria
3.5 Severance pay
3.6 Notification to the bargaining council
3.7 Re-employment of retrenched employees
Notification – Lay-offs
Definition – Lay-offs
Consultation – Lay-offs
Notification to employee – Lay-offs
General – Lay-offs
Turnaround work – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Ship repair work – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Short-term fluctuations in workload – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Sitework – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
General – Limited Duration Contracts of Employment
Limited Duration Contract of Employment
Model Contract for use by Temporary Employment Services
Annexure B – Five-Grade Job and Wage Structure
Annexure C – The skill definitions accompanying the new five-grade structure
The skill definitions accompanying the new five-grade structure
Definition of terms used in these levels
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grading of supervisors
Annexure D – Productivity Agreement: Objective
Productivity Agreement: Objective
Productivity Guidelines
Annexure E – Esops and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) issues
Annexure F – Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment
Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment: Introduction
Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment: Objectives
3. Policy principles
4. Application and scope
5. Legal framework
6. Promoting a non-discriminatory work environment
7. HIV testing, confidentiality and disclosure
8. Promoting a safe workplace
9. Compensation for occupationally-acquired HIV
10. Employee benefits
11. Dismissal
12. Grievance procedures
13. Management of HIV/Aids in the workplace
14. Assessing the impact of HIV/Aids on the workplace
15. Measures to deal with HIV/Aids within the workplace
16. Information and education
Annexure G – Attendance of worker representatives on national and regional committees of the bargaining council
Attendance of worker representatives on national and regional committees of the bargaining council
Annexure H: Construction sites covered by a Project Labour Agreement
General provisions
Inclement weather
Retirement benefit funds
Annexure I – Industry Policy Forum
Preamble
Definition and Objectives
Terms of reference
Composition, Meetings and timeframes
Resourcing and research capacity
Dispute Resolution
Annexure J – Ship building and/or ship repair work
Ship Building and Ship Repair Exemption
Ship building and/or ship repair work
Annexure K – Future of Industry Collective Bargaining
A-Z Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
Agreements – Provident
Pro forma letters
Letter 1: Pro Forma Letter of Employment
Letter 2: Limited Duration Contract of Employment for substitute temporary employees
Letter 3: Notification of short-time working
Letter 4: Notification of lay-off to a trade union
Letter 5: Written notice to a trade union of a perceived need to implement a retrenchment
Letter 6: Notice of voluntary retrenchment
Limited Duration Contract of Employment
Wage Increase Exemptions
LEP Exemptions
Technical schedules
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule M
Proforma Letters 16
Main Agreement Handbook