Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)Sectoral DeterminationsSectoral Determination 11 : Taxi SectorPart D : Hours of Work17. Meal intervals |
| (1) | Subject to sub-clause (3), an employer must give an employee who works continuously for more than five hours, a meal interval of at least one continuous hour. |
| (2) | The meal interval may be taken at a specific agreed time or whenever it is practicable to do so but may not be taken later than six hours after the employee began work. |
| (3) | For the purposes of sub-clause (1), a driver is deemed not to be working continuously if for a period of at least one hour the driver's only duty is to be in charge of the vehicle which the driver drives, or in charge of its load. |
| (4) | During a meal interval, an employee may be required or permitted to perform only those duties that cannot be left unattended and cannot be performed by another employee. |
| (5) | An employee must be paid for a meal interval in which the employee is required to be available for work. |
| (6) | An agreement in writing may— |
| (a) | reduce the meal interval to not less than 30 minutes; |
| (b) | dispense with a meal interval for an employee who works fewer than six hours on a day. |
| (7) | Whenever an employer is required to give an employee a second meal interval because of overtime worked, that interval may be reduced to not less than 15 minutes. |