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

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Bargaining Council for the Building Industry, Cape of Good Hope

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Consolidated Collective Agreement

Chapter Two: General Duties of Employers and Sub-Contracting Parties

12. Shelter and Ablution Facilities

 

(1) At any site where the building operations are being carried out employers shall provide suitable accommodation {refer to clause 25 for overnight accommodation) in terms of the construction regulations—
(a) to serve as shelter for employees during wet weather; and/or
(b) to serve as a change room: Provided that the provisions of this sub clause shall not apply to jobbing work and on sites where fewer than ten employees are employed or where the circumstances peculiar to the site or the nature of the work in progress do not permit of accommodation for a change room.
(c) Such accommodation may be any lockable shed, room or similar place constructed of walls and a roof composed of concrete, brickwork, wood, iron or any combination thereof or any other material approved by the Council and the whole to be so constructed as to provide a place for employees to change their clothes, to wash and to take shelter.
(d) Such accommodation may include clothes lockers or similar lock-up facilities in which employees can safely store changes of clothing and other personal possessions while at work.

 

(2) An employer shall provide proper and adequate sanitary accommodation on each job, which shall at all times be maintained in a hygienic and proper condition and shall further conform to the legislation of the local authority in whose area the job is situated.