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

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Bargaining Council for the Building Industry, Cape of Good Hope

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Consolidated Collective Agreement

Chapter Five: Terms of Employment

20. Overtime

 

(1) An employee shall be entitled to payment in respect of overtime worked in accordance with this clause as follows: Provided that in Areas B, C and D the first hour of overtime worked Mondays to Thursdays shall be at the basic rate if the work is performed on a construction site and not in a closed shop or controlled workshop environment:

 

Days worked

Multiple of basic wage

Mondays to Saturdays, inclusive

1 ½

Sundays

2

 

(2) All time worked in excess of the number of ordinary working hours on any day shall be overtime.

 

(3) An employer may request, which request shall not be unreasonably rejected, an employee to work overtime for a period not exceeding 3 (three) hours daily, from Mondays to Fridays, and not exceeding 8 (eight) hours on Saturdays or Sundays: Provided that the maximum number of hours' overtime worked in any week shall not exceed the maximum hours' overtime prescribed in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act;

 

(4) Subject to sub clause (3) above, an employer and any employee who is required to drive motor vehicles may agree and contract that a maximum of 1 (one) hour's overtime prior to the commencement or ordinary hours of work and a maximum of 1 (one) hour's overtime at the conclusion or ordinary hours of work each day be compulsory overtime for the purpose of transporting employees to and from their place of work, subject to the requirement for an employee to transport workers being included in a separate agreement between employer and employee.

 

(5) An employee who is engaged in a continuous process of work shall be obliged to work until that process has been completed and shall be paid at overtime rates, if applicable.