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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Main Collective Agreement

Part 2

4. Technical Schedules

Division E/2

Wage Rates Applicable to Operations Scheduled in Division E/2 are Prescribed in Clause 3(a) of Part II of this agreement

Section (c): Standby duty for employees engaged on Rate A1 work

 

 

(Operations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in section (b))

1. An employer may require a Rate A1 employee to do standby duty for one week at a time:

Provided that should such employee be required to do standby duty he must be in receipt of not less than the amount of money specified for Rate A1 after 24 months’ experience:

Provided further that the employee shall be given not less than one week’s notice to that effect.  At least one full week must elapse before an employee may be called upon to do standby duty again.

2. When an employee is required to do stand-by duty in terms of subsection (1) above, he shall be paid a standby allowance of six hours at the highest Rate AI rate of pay specified.
3. Where an employee is called out on a service when on standby duty he shall receive a minimum payment of R4,00 per call except when the call is on a Sunday or a statutory holiday, when he shall be paid R6,00 per call, in addition to the allowance stated in subsection 2 above.
4. Where an employee uses his own transport he shall be paid an allowance to be mutually agreed upon.