Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing IndustryMain Collective AgreementPart A : Provisions for the Eastern Cape Region6. Wages6.1 Minimum WagesMinimum Wages (6) |
Notwithstanding the definition of "experience" in clause 3—
| (a) | an employer engaged in one of the following sections of the Industry: |
Rainwear section; men"s outerwear section; women"s outerwear section; men"s or women"s underwear section; infants" end children"s clothing section; workwear section; may when engaged in a qualified machinist whose previous experience was gained in one or more of the other sections specified, pay such machinist for a maximum period of four weeks a commencing wage of one notch below that to which he is entitled and thereafter to progress him according to the learnership scale applicable to machinists: Provided that such machinist shall be paid the wage of a qualified machinist as soon as such machinists is again engaged in the section in which the previous experience was gained.
For the purposes of this subparagraph "workwear section" means that section of the Industry in which boiler-quits, overalls, dustcoats, waiters" jackets and office jackets are manufactured;
| (b) | when an employee transfer an employee in any category to another category for which a higher wage is specified, he shall pay such employee for the first 26 weeks not less than the wage he was receiving or was entitled to receive in such first-named category and shall thereafter pay him in accordance with the scale of wages for employees in the category to which such employee was transferred commencing at the next highest notch. |