Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

National Bargaining Council of SA Leather Industry

Tanning Section

Collective Agreement

5. Hours of Work

5.5. Short-time

Purchase

(1)	Short-time means a temporary reduction in the number of ordinary hours of work as a result of a shortage of work and/or raw materials or a general breakdown of plant or machinery or breakdown or threatened breakdown of buildings, or any other unforeseen work-related circumstances.

(2)	Employees who are not required to work due to short-time will be informed individually or by notice posted in the department or departments where they work that short-time will apply and that their services will not be required.

(3)	An employer does not have to pay employees, except a Security Guard and a driver, for the period that they are on short-time where:

(a)	short-time is due to a shortage of work and/or raw materials, and notice in terms of subclause (2) was given to them at least the day before.

(b)

short-time is due to a general breakdown of plant or machinery or a breakdown or threatened breakdown of buildings caused by accident or other unforeseen emergency, and notice in terms of subclause (2) was given to them the day before. But where notice was not given at least the day before he only has to pay them for the first hour.

(c)	short-time is due to foreseen market-related situations, and notice in terms of subclause (2) was given to them at least 72 hours before.

(4)	Where notice was not given to employees the day before that short-time is to apply, and employees are present for work at the ordinary starting time, they are entitled to be employed for at least a half-day or receive half a day’s pay.

Where notice of short-time was not given to employees during the morning and they are present for work in the afternoon, they are entitled to be employed for at least two hours or be paid for two hours.