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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

South Western Districts

Main Collective Agreement

Part l

B. Terms and Conditions of Employment

19. Short time

Purchase

(1)

If owing to a slackness of trade, shortage of raw materials or a general break down of plant or machinery caused by accident or other unforeseen emergency, including any disruption in electricity supply, in any establishment it is found impossible to work full time, short time shall be worked by distributing the work fairly among the employees affected in the sections concerned.

(2)

An employee who on any day reports for duty at the usual starting time of the establishment and for whom work is not available for the whole the day in question, shall be paid in respect of such day an amount of not less than four hours' wages, unless he was notified by his employer by letter, email, WhatsApp, Short Message System (SMS), telephone call or by notice in a prominent place the previous working day.

(3)	The provisions of this clause shall not apply to learners who entered into learnership or apprenticeship contracts after August 1998, except where the entire factory is on short time.