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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Main Collective Agreement

Part 2

5. Annexures

Annexure H

Construction Sites Covered by a Project Labour Agreement

1. General provisions:

 

1.1 The provisions of this Annexure are confined to employers and employees operating on multi-disciplinary construction sites (i.e. sites where metal, electrical contracting, piping, civil and building activities are being undertaken) where a Project Labour Agreement (PLA) or equivalent agreement has been negotiated, or an exemption to apply these provisions to a specific construction site has been granted by a national committee representing the signatories to this Annexure and the Council.

 

1.2 The provisions of this Annexure shall only be applied to a construction site where a Project Labour Agreement or equivalent has been negotiated or where an exemption to apply these provisions has been granted by a national committee

 

1.3 The aim of this section is ensure commonality of conditions of employment between the various industries working together on a construction site.

 

1.4 For the purposes of this section “construction site” within the context of the provisions of sub clause 1.1 above means an area where:
(a) A structure including but not limited to a building, a plant, a pipeline, and a tower is being erected or built; and/or
(b) Refurbishment, overhaul, maintenance, alteration upgrading etc of an existing structure referred to in (a) above.
(c) Shipbuilding and/or ship repair work is specifically excluded from the definition of “construction site”.

 

1.5 “Project Labour Agreement (PLA) or equivalent agreement” means an agreement entered into between the parties concerned regulating specific conditions applicable to the specific construction site concerned, including the agreed wage structure.

 

1.6 In order to ensure flexibility and commonality on construction sites, the parties may agree in a PLA to:
- Work normal time of up to 45 hours per week;
- Structure the working  week;
- Pay Sunday time as normal time until the normal working hours have been made up

 

1.7 The standard wage rates payable to the scheduled employees reflected on the schedule herein, on a specific construction site will be subject to the provisions of clause 1.1 above.

 

1.8 Any person who is able to demonstrate that he/she has obtained previous knowledge and skills of working on a construction site, and is able to perform work in a higher grade, and subject to such work being available may not be employed in Grade (a), Grade 1 and Grade 2 and on the rates herein unless the employee elects otherwise. The period that an employee may be remunerated on Grade 1(a) and 2(a) rates will be the subject of a PLA, but shall not be longer than 4 months.

 

Grade

Current minimum wage rate

Increase on actual and scheduled wage rate

Increase on scheduled wage rate

Minimum wage rate R   C

5

48.98

7.00

3.43

52.41

4

44.57

7.17

3.20

42.77

3

38.23

7.33

2.80

41.03

2

31.29

7.50

2.35

33.64

2(a)

28.80

7.67

1.98

27.78

1

16.00

8.00

1.28

17.28

1(a)

14.52

8.00

1.16

15.68

 

[Wage tables substituted as from 1 July 2012 in consequence of the wage model in Government Notice R. 268 per Government Gazette 36338 dated 12 April 2013]

 

1.9 Any PLA in existence at the date of coming into operation of this Agreement shall remain valid until expiry of that Agreement.