Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

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Bargaining Council for the Building Industry, Cape of Good Hope

Extension of Main Amending Collective Agreement to Non-parties

Chapter Four : Minimum Wages, Wage and Benefit Parity

19 Minimum Basic Wages
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(1) Basic Wages:
(a) The basic wages in the Industry shall be as follows:

 

From the date of coming into operation of this Agreement to 31 October 2020:

 

Category of Employee

Minimum Wage Per Hour

Minimum Wage Per Hour

Minimum Wage Per Hour

Area A

Area B and C

Area D

R

R

R
(i)Labourer

30.06

30.06

28.79
(ii)General Worker

39.07

39.07

36.55
(iii)Tradesman Class 4, manufacturing worker, waterproofing worker and scaffold erector

42.63

42.63

41.37
(iv)Tradesman Class 3, clerical worker, joinery assembler, Aluminium Manufacturing Worker and Alternative Building System installer 3

47.02

47.02

45.92
(v)Tradesman Class 2, machine operator, glazier, assistant floor layer, carpel fitter, block layer

64.10

64.10

62.07
(vi)Divers/Plant operators of Motor vehicles that require a code C1 licence, per day or above

53.51

481.59

per day

456.74

per day
(vii)Drivers of all other vehicles that require a code A, A1 or B licence

40.29

362.60

per day

342.62

per day
(viii)Artisan (including a Bricklayer, Stonemason, Carpenter, Joiner, Tiler, Plasterer, Designated Glazier, Plumber, Painter, Aluminium installer/fixer, Leading hand and Junior Foreman)

85.86

85.86

83.10
(ix)Security Guard (Employees engaged in patrolling premises and guarding property)

361.06

per day

361.06

per day

340.58

per day
(x)Apprenticeship Year 1

30.06

30.06

28.79
(xii)Apprenticeship Year 2

42.93

42.93

41.56
(xiii)Apprenticeship Year 3

64.40

64.40

62.33

 

For the period 1 November 2020 to 31 October 2021 the wages applicable from 1 November 2019 shall be increased by the CPI percentage (as at the 1st of July 2020 as published by the Statistics South Africa) provided that the minimum increase shall be 4 %.

 

For the period 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022 the wages applicable from 1 November 2020 shall be increased by the CPI percentage (as at the 1st of July 2021 as published by the Statistics South Africa) provided that the minimum increase shall be 4 %.

 

(b) Nothing in this clause shall prevent an employer from paying more than the prescribed basic wage that no party to this Agreement, nor any employee, shall be entitled to embark upon industrial action to compel an employer to pay more than the basic wage prescribed in this Agreement.

 

(c) Provided that if an employer regularly pays an employee a wage higher that the basic wage in respect of the ordinary hours, the prescribed basic wage shall mean such higher amount and the employee shall qualify for the equivalent amount of increase in the basic wage for that category of employee on 1 November each year.

 

(d) The basic wage payable in terms of sub clause (1) shall be deemed to include allowances for inclement weather, walking time and transport costs.