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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 Three: Categories of Employment

17. Artisans

 

1) An employee shall be registered as an artisan once he has completed and passed the trade test or has completed the number of credits that qualify him to work as an artisan and his employer has requested registration in writing.

 

2) An artisan shall be entitled to the payment of wages in accordance with the wage prescribed for his category in terms of clause 18.

 

3) If at any stage an employer is of the opinion that a registered artisan is not performing his duties to an acceptable level of proficiency, the employer may, at its own cost, require that artisan to undergo a proficiency test, in which case the artisan shall be obliged to undergo such test.

 

(4) In this clause, a credit means a credit as defined from time to time under the regulations made under the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995 as amended.

 

(5) The registered trades are as defined in clause 5.