| (1) | An employee who is Included in one of the classes mentioned in PART II of this Agreement and who at the date of coming into operation of this Agreement is receiving a higher wage than the minimum wage for such class as specified in Annexure A shall, for as long as he remains in the service of the same employer and is engaged in the same class of work, receive a wage not lower than the wage he is receiving on such a date, subject to the condition that the Council may authorize a reduction of higher wage to the level prescribed in this Agreement for an employee of his class. |
