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

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National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI)

Main Collective Agreement

Part 10 : Provisions applicable to particular categories of employees

64. Short-time in the Furniture Removal Sector

 

(1) This clause applies to employees in the Furniture Removal Sector but does not apply to relief employees or temporary employees of a temporary employment service.

 

(2) For the purposes of this clause, short-time means a temporary reduction in the number of ordinary hours of work owing to vagaries of the weather, a slackness of trade, a shortage of goods to be transported, a breakdown of vehicles, plant or machinery or a breakdown or threatened breakdown of buildings.

 

(3) If the ordinary hours of work of an employee are reduced because of short time, an employer may make a deduction not exceeding an amount equal to the lesser of—
(a) employee's hourly wage in respect of each hour of short time; or
(b) one-third of the employee's weekly wage, irrespective of the number of hours of short-time.

 

(4) Unless the employer gives employees notice on the previous working day that short time will be implemented, no deduction may be made for—
(a) short time arising from slackness of trade or shortage of goods; or
(b) for the first hour of short time due to the vagaries of the weather or a breakdown of vehicles, plant or machinery, or a breakdown or threatened breakdown of buildings.