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

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Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Consolidated 2021/2025 Plastic Industry Main Collective Agreement

Chapter 2

10. Standby, Call-Out and Acting Allowance

 

STANDBY ALLOWANCE:

 

(1) Where an employer required an employee to be on standby the employee shall be paid an amount of not less than two hours' pay for each period of twenty-four hours or less on standby: Provided that this allowance shall be forfeited if the employee fails to respond to a call-out or if the call-out is within 30 minutes from the end of the employee's normal shift.

 

CALL-OUT ALLOWANCE:

 

(2) Where an employee is called out whilst on standby he shall be paid at the appropriate overtime rates for the time worked with a minimum payment of not less than two hours' overtime.

 

(3) Where overtime is worked after the completion of the normal hours of a shift, the employee must be allowed a rest period of at least eight hours before the next normal shift starts. Where the rest period extends into the next shift, then the overlapping period into the shift is regarded as a paid period that the employee is not required to work.

 

(4) The above provisions will not affect existing arrangements at establishments on condition that the plant level agreement and/or arrangement is not less favourable than provided for in this Clause.

 

ACTING ALLOWANCE:

 

(5) No employee shall be employed on more than one occupation scheduled in this Agreement at different rates of pay in any one week, including any overtime worked at a higher paid occupation, unless payment is made as if such employee had been employed for the whole of that week on the highest-paid occupation: Provided that where a lower-rated employee is requested to act in the capacity of a higher-rated employee for more than 4 hours, the employee must receive an acting allowance, from the first hour of acting, calculated as follows:
(a) The allowance will be the difference between the employee's current wage rate and the minimum of the higher position, subject to (ii) below;
(b) In the event the personal wage rate of the employee acting in the higher position is higher than the minimum wage rate of the higher position then the acting allowance for that individual will be 10% of his/her wage rate; and
(c) Any period of substitution of less than one-half shift in the aggregate in any one week shall not count for payment of the allowance.