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Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 2 : Civil Engineering Sector, South Africa

16. Public holidays

 

(1) Exclusion: Subclause (4) shall not apply to an employee earning a wage in excess of the remunerations stipulated by the Minister in the determination made in Regulation 1439 published on 13 November 1998 or in any other determination in substitution thereof.

 

(2) An employer may not require an employee to work on a public holiday except in accordance with an agreement.

 

(3) If a public holiday falls on a day on which an employee would ordinarily work, an employer must pay—
(a) an employee who does not work on the public holiday, at least the wage that the employee would ordinarily have received for work on that day;
(b) an employee who does work on the public holiday—
(i) at least double the amount referred to in paragraph (a); or
(ii) if it is greater, the amount referred to in paragraph (a) plus the amount earned by the employee for the time worked on that day.

 

(4) If an employee works on a public holiday on which the employee would not ordinarily work, the employer must pay that employee an amount equal to—
(a) the employee's ordinary daily wage; plus
(b) the amount earned by the employee for the work performed that day, whether calculated by reference to time worked or any other method.

 

(5) An employer must pay an employee for a public holiday on the employee's usual payday.

 

(6) If a shift worked by an employee falls on a public holiday and another day, the whole shift is deemed to have been worked on the public holiday, but if the greater portion of the shift was worked on the other day, the whole shift is deemed to have been worked on the other day.