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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry

BCCEI: Conditions of Employment Collective Agreement

Extension of Conditions of Employment Consolidated Collective Agreement to Non-parties

Chapter 6 - Remuneration and Record Keeping

6.7 Year-end bonus

Purchase

Subject to the provisions of this sub-clause, an employer must pay an employee an annual bonus as follows:

6.7.1

20 working days' pay

6.7.2

Where existing agreements provide for bonuses in excess of that provided for in sub-clause 6.7.1 above, such existing agreements shall prevail.

6.7.3

An employee who is employed in a year in which a bonus amount is to be paid and who has been continuously so employed for at least 3 months, but for less than one full year, shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus payment.

6.7.4

An employee whose employment is terminated through no fault of his or her own, through retrenchment, retirement, disability, or death, shall be entitled to a pro rata bonus payment.

6.7.5

No bonus payment shall be made to employees whose employment was terminated by reason of misconduct.

6.7.6

Year-end (annual) bonus will not accrue to an employee for any unauthorised absence.

6.7.7

Calculation of accrual reduction upon unauthorised absenteeism—

(Example: an employee is absent without authorisation for 5 days and works 9 ordinary hours on 5 days per week:

(a)	5 days x 9 hours = 45 hours

(b)	bonus: (235 working days x 9 hours) = 2115 total hours

(c)	bonus accrual factor: 180 hours / 2155 total hours = 0.085 (bonus accrual per hour worked)

(d)	45 hours (see clause 6.7.7(a)) x 0.085 (accrual factor) = 3.825 hours

(e)	task grade 1: R39.81 x 3.825 hours = R152.27 (bonus reduction amount)