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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry

BCCEI : Renewal of Period of Operation of the Conditions of Employment Collective Agreement

Chapter 2 : Regulation of Working Time

2.9. Payment for work on a Sunday
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2.9.1. Whenever an employee works on a Sunday, the employer shall either—
(a)If the employee works for a period not exceeding four hours, pay the employee not less than the daily wage, provided that if the employee works for a period exceeding four hours, the employee shall be paid at a rate of not less than double the ordinary wage in respect of the total period worked on such Sunday, or not less than double the daily wage, whichever is the greater; OR
(b) Pay the employee at a rate of not less than one and a third times the employee's ordinary wage rate in respect of the total period worked on such Sunday or, not less than one and a third times the daily wage, whichever the greater, and granting the employee within seven days of such Sunday one day's leave, which shall not constitute annual leave in terms of clause 3.1 and pay him or her in respect thereof not less than the daily wage: Provided that where such an employee is required or permitted to work for less than four hours on such Sunday the employee shall be deemed to have worked for four hours.