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

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Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI) : Extension of Wage and Task Grade Collective Agreement

Wage and Task Grade Collective Agreement

Chapter lll : Wages, Wage Tables and Task Grade Interpretation

1. Wage and/or Earnings

 

1.1 Any employee who at the date of coming into operation of this Agreement was in receipt of a higher rate than that prescribed in this Agreement for the task grade which he/she is employed on shall continue to receive not less than such higher rate while he is employed by the same employer on the same Task Grade

 

1.2 Every employee who on the date of coming into operation of this Agreement is employed by an employer on a Task Grade classified in the Agreement shall, whilst in the employ of the same employer and whether or not his actual rate of pay immediately prior to the said date was in excess of the rate specified for his Task Grade in this Agreement, be paid not less than the actual rate he was receiving immediately prior to the said date plus, an additional amount for his Task Grade, as set out in the Wage Tables hereunder: Provided that:
1.2.1 The additional amount payable in terms of this sub-clause to an employee for his Task Grade may be reduced by the amount of any increase or increases granted to such employee/s prior to the promulgated wage increases.
1.2.2 Any employee who was engaged after the date of such promulgated increases at a rate of pay not less than the rate of pay prescribed for his Task Grade as at the date of coming into operation of this Agreement, shall not be entitled to be paid the additional amount specified in this sub -clause for the employee's Task Grade

 

1.3 Subject to the provisions of sub-clauses 1.1 to 1.3 inclusive, no employer shall pay to the employees engaged on any of the Task Grades hereinafter specified in the following Wage Schedules wages and/or earnings lower than those stated against such Task Grades and no employee shall accept wages and/or earnings lower than those stated against such Task Grades.

 

1.4 The payment of wages and/or earnings shall be calculated as set out in Chapter V, Clause 1 in the BCCEI Conditions of Employment Collective Agreement.