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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

14. Averaging hours of work

 

(1) Despite clauses 8 and 9 the ordinary hours of work and overtime of an employee may be averaged over a period of up to four months in terms of a collective agreement.

 

(2) An employer may not require or permit an employee whom is bound by a collective agreement in terms of subclause (1) to work more than—
(a) an average of 45 ordinary hours of work in a week over the agreed period;
(b) an average of five hours' overtime in a week over the agreed period.

 

(3) A collective agreement in terms of subclause (1) lapses after 12 months.

 

(4) Subclause (3) only applies to the first two collective agreements concluded in terms of subsection (1).