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

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 1 : Contract Cleaning Sector, South Africa

29. Attendance Register

 

(1) An employer shall provide an attendance register substantially in the prescribed format, in which the employer shall record in ink or indelible pencil the name and class of each of the employees and if an employee is unable to write, the employer shall on the employee’s behalf for each day worked and on that day make the necessary entries in the presence of a person nominated by the employee, and shall sign such entries.

 

(2) An employer may, instead of an attendance register, provide a semi-automatic time recorder which records substantially the same information as is required to be kept in the attendance register specified in subclause (1).

 

(3) Unless prevented from doing so by unavoidable causes, every employee shall, in respect of each day worked on that day—
(a) record in ink or indelible pencil in such attendance register referred to in subclause (1)—
(i) the day of the week;
(ii) the time work commenced;
(iii) the time of commencement and termination of all meal or other intervals which are not deemed as ordinary hours of work;
(iv) the time of finishing work for the day;
(v) the time of commencement and termination of overtime worked for the day;
(vi) the time of commencement and termination of work on a Sundays;
(vii) the time of commencement and termination of work on a public holiday;
(viii) the total amount of hours worked for the day; and
(ix) the employee’s signature;
(b) in an establishment where a semi-automatic time recorder is provided, make an entry by means of such recorder to show the following:
(i) the time work commenced;
(ii) the time of commencement and termination of all meal or other intervals which are not deemed as ordinary hours of work; and
(iii) the time of finishing work for the day

 

(4) An employer shall retain such attendance register referred to in subclause (1) or the information recorded by a semi-automatic time recorder referred to in subclause (2), as the case may be, for a period of not less than three years after the date of the last entry therein or thereon.