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

Notices

National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry

Extension to Non-parties of the Consolidated Main Collective Agreement

Areas

Area A

19. Payment, Calculation of Basic Salary or Wage and Authorised Deductions

Purchase

19.1	Remuneration or Basic Salary or Wages which are payable weekly shall be paid by no later than the close of business on the Friday of each week. If the Friday is a Public Holiday, payment shall be made by no later than the close of business on the preceding Thursday.

19.2	Remuneration or Basic Salary or wages shall be calculated as follows:

19.2.1

for purposes of calculating the remuneration or Basic salary or wages of an Employee by time, an Employee shall be deemed ordinarily to work:—

19.2.1.1

45 (forty-five) hours in a week unless the Employee ordinarily works less than 45 (forty-five) hours in a week, in which event it will be calculated on the actual hours worked;

19.2.1.2

9 (nine) hours in a day, or 7.5 (seven and a half) hours in the case of an Employee who works for more than 5 (five) days a week, or the number of hours that an Employee works in a day in terms of an agreement concluded in accordance with section 11 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, unless the Employee ordinarily works a lesser number of hours in a day, in which event it will be calculated on the actual hours worked;

19.3	An Employee's monthly remuneration shall be four and one-third times the Employee's weekly wage;

19.4	The time periods mentioned in clause 19.2 above shall include any time period:

19.4.1

prior to the coming into effect of this Agreement;

19.4.2

during maternity leave, permitted in terms of this Agreement;

19.4.3

during which the Employee's services is terminated and the Employee is re-employed by the same Establishment or Employer, subject to the time period between the termination and re-employment not exceeding 90 (ninety) days.

19.5	After an Employee has been in the continuous service with the same Establishment or the same Employer/s:—

19.5.1

for a period of 5 (five) consecutive years of service, the Employee shall be entitled thereafter to additional basic salary or wages calculated at the rate of 5% (five percent) of the prescribed monthly basic salary for that category of Employee;

19.5.2

for a period of 10 (ten) consecutive years of service, the Employee shall be entitled thereafter to additional basic salary or wages calculated at the rate of 10% (ten percent) of the prescribed monthly basic salary for that category of Employee.

19.6	The provisions of clause 19.5 shall not apply to any beauty or skincare category.

19.7

Remuneration or Basic salary or wages specified for an Employee, in the schedules to this Agreement, who earns only commission and no Basic Salary or wages, shall be exclusively for the purpose of calculating public holiday pay, leave pay, sick pay, UIF contributions, and contributions to all funds envisaged in this Agreement.

19.8	The Basic salary or wages payable in respect of this Area, is set forth in annexure "H".