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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Food Retail, Restaurant, Catering and Allied Trades

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

12. Time and Wage Registers and Attendance Registers

 

(1) It shall be the duty of every employer to keep a time and wage register and therein shall be inscribed—

the full name of the employee;

whether male or female;

occupation;

daily hours worked;

overtime worked;

gross wage;

authorized deductions;

net total paid;

signature of employee as receipt.

 

(2) It shall be the duty of every employer to provide in his establishment one or more attendance registers as specified in Annexure B to this Agreement in which provisions is made for the entries which employees, other than managers and unskilled employees, are required to make: Provided that in lieu of such attendance registers an employer may provide a semiautomatic time recorder with the necessary cards, giving the following information:
(i) name of employee;
(ii) time of commencing work;
(iii) time of finishing work;
(iv) time of commencing and termination of each meal interval off work;
(v) time of starting and finishing overtime worked;
(vi) total number of hours worked each day;
(vii) total number of hours worked each week.

 

(3) Every employer shall keep a daily record in the time and wage register of the hours worked by all unskilled employees.

 

(4) Every employer shall retain the completed time and wage registers and attendance registers or semi-automatic time record cards for a period of three years subsequent to the date of completion thereof.