Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI)Main Collective AgreementPart 10 : Provisions applicable to particular categories of employees64. Short-time in the Furniture Removal Sector |
| (1) | This clause applies to employees in the Furniture Removal Sector but does not apply to relief employees or temporary employees of a temporary employment service. |
| (2) | For the purposes of this clause, short-time means a temporary reduction in the number of ordinary hours of work owing to vagaries of the weather, a slackness of trade, a shortage of goods to be transported, a breakdown of vehicles, plant or machinery or a breakdown or threatened breakdown of buildings. |
| (3) | If the ordinary hours of work of an employee are reduced because of short time, an employer may make a deduction not exceeding an amount equal to the lesser of— |
| (a) | employee's hourly wage in respect of each hour of short time; or |
| (b) | one-third of the employee's weekly wage, irrespective of the number of hours of short-time. |
| (4) | Unless the employer gives employees notice on the previous working day that short time will be implemented, no deduction may be made for— |
| (a) | short time arising from slackness of trade or shortage of goods; or |
| (b) | for the first hour of short time due to the vagaries of the weather or a breakdown of vehicles, plant or machinery, or a breakdown or threatened breakdown of buildings. |