| (1) | An employer may require an employee to work overtime for a period not exceeding sixteen (16) hours in any work week, payment for such overtime shall be guided by the BCEA, Act 75 of 1997, as amended from time to time. |
[Part 1 Clause 8(1) substituted by section 4 of Notice No. 601, GG45328 dated 15 October 2021]
| (2) | For time worked in by agreement between an employer and his employees in lieu of normal working time that will be lost due to the closing of an establishment on the days referred to in (a), (b), (c) (d), and (e) hereunder, an employee shall be paid at his ordinary rate of pay provided that such time worked, shall be worked in two weeks prior to closure— |
| (a) | the first two days of the Jewish New Year; |
| (b) | the Jewish day of Atonement; |
| (c) | the Friday after the Day of Reconciliation, whenever it falls on a Thursday; |
| (d) | the religious holidays of Eid, Bakri and Diwali; |
Provided that any time worked in excess of the normal hours worked in an establishment in lieu of the Religious Holidays mentioned under Clause 8 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), such hours of work shall be paid at double the hourly rate of pay.
| (3) | An employer shall not require or permit a driver and / or his crew to work overtime for more than: |
| (a) | 6 hours in any one day, except Saturdays : Provided that the maximum hours of work on any one day shall not exceed 15 hours including ordinary hours of work, overtime hours and meal intervals as prescribed in this Agreement; or |
| (b) | 40 hours in any one week from Monday to Saturday, inclusive, subject to the proviso to Clause 7 Sub-Clause 1(a) and (b). |
