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Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)

Board Notices

Notice Concerning the Conditions of Employment of Dental Technicians who are Employees

4. Ordinary Hours of Work

 

4.1 Save as otherwise provided in this Schedule, no employer shall require or permit an employee to work—
(a) for more than 45 (forty five) hours, excluding mealtimes, in any one week; or
(b) for more than 5 (five) days in any one week, Monday to Friday; or
(c) on a Saturday; or
(d) for more than 9 (9) hours per day from Monday to Friday; or
(e) between the hours of 18:00 and 08:00; or
(f) for a continued period of more than 5 (five) hours without an uninterrupted interval of at least 1 (one) hour: Provided that an employee may agree with his/her employer that the interval may be reduced to not less than 30 (thirty) minutes. Such agreement must be in writing and shall be retained by the employer for at least 1 (one) year: Provided further that periods of work interrupted by intervals of less than 1 (one) hour, unless the proviso above apply, shall be deemed to be continued.

 

4.2 Save as otherwise provided in this Schedule an employee shall be deemed to be working in addition to any period during which he/she is actually working—
(a) during the whole of any interval in his/her work if—
(1) he/she is not free to leave the premises of the employer for the whole of such interval; or
(2) the duration of such interval is not shown in the records required to be kept in terms of this Schedule; and
(b) during any period during which he/she is on the premises of the employer: Provided that if it is proved that any such employee was not working and was free to leave the premises during any portion of any period referred to in paragraph (a) of the sub-clause, the presumption provided for in this sub-clause shall not apply in respect of such employee with reference to that portion of such period.

 

4.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-clause (1), the Council may upon the joint application of an employer and employee, and in accordance with the provisions of clause 16, allow that employee to work on Saturdays in which event the employer shall allow the employee at least 90 (ninety) minutes paid time off for each hour he/she worked on such Saturday during the week immediately following such Saturday: Provided that where the Council has approved an application for an employee to work on Saturdays, such employee shall not be permitted or required to work for more than 40 (forty) hours during any week: Provided further that the Council may in such event stipulate the number of hours during which such employee shall be required or permitted to work on any day of the week.

 

4.4

(a) Every employer shall keep a register in the form prescribed in Annexure A hereto, in respect of each of his/her employees, in which such employees shall—
(1) daily enter the particulars of time and overtime worked by him/her and shall verify such particulars by his/her signature; and
(2) enter particulars of the periods during which he/she was absent from work due to holiday leave, sick leave or for any other reason.
(b) Every employer shall at the end of each month of employment of an employee certify in writing in the register referred to in paragraph (a) that the particulars entered by the employee during that month, is true and correct.