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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Building Industry, Bloemfontein

Extension of Collective Agreement to Non-Parties

9. Wage Payment Procedure

 

(1) Payment of wages:
(a) An employee shall receive payment of his wages at the time and place specified by his employer: Provided that the payment shall be made—
(i) in weekly, fortnightly or monthly intervals, as the case may be;
(ii) in South African currency in cash, by cheque or by means of an electronic banking transfer, as the case may be;
(iii) by no later than the close of business on the final working day of each pay interval.
(b) With the exception of payment by means of an electronic bank transfer, an employee's remuneration shall be paid to him on the site where he is employed, or at the office or workshop of the employer.
(c) An employee whose services are terminated by the employer shall receive payment of the appropriate wage and all additional benefits to which he is entitled on or before the end of the working day on which his services are terminated.
(d) An employee who terminated his services with the employer, shall receive payment of the appropriate wage and all additional benefits to which he is entitled to, on the first day following the date of termination of his services.
(e) Every employer shall provide each employee with a payslip/wage envelope indicating the employer's name, the name and occupation of the employee, the period for which payment is made, the employer's pay number, the calculation of the employee's gross remuneration, overtime payments, deductions, allowances and net remuneration.
(f) All payments made in cash shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope.
(g) An employer shall at the request of an employee, provide him with proof that the contributions towards the various medium and long-term benefit funds have in fact been paid over to the Council, within 14 days from date of such request.
(h) An employer may not, in terms of Section 199(1)(a) of the Act, pay an employee remuneration that is less than that prescribed in this Agreement.

 

(2) Records to be kept:
(a) Every employer shall keep the following records for a minimum period of three years:
(i) all time, wage and pay registers;
(ii) Department of Finance IRP2 forms for all employees;
(iii) grievance and disciplinary records and notices;
(iv) a copy of this Collective Agreement and any amendments thereto;
(v) any arbitration awards; and
(vi) details of any protected and unprotected industrial action involving its employees.
(b) The employer shall be compelled to submit all or any of these records in their original form or a certified reproduced form in response to a demand made at any reasonable time by the Council's designated agent(s) or any person whose functions in terms of the Act include the resolution of disputes, and shall be entitled to receive a receipt for it.