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

Notices

National Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry of South Africa

Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

Part ll

Clause 5 - Guaranteed Minimum Increases and Off-Set
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Every employee covered by this Agreement will be entitled to the following minimum and actual wage increases for the duration of the Agreement as set out below:

 

(1)Minimum wages

From date of publication of the agreement - 29 February 2024

7.8% + 1%

1 March 2024 - 28 February 2029

The August CPI of the preceding year + 1% and will be applicable from the 1st of March of every year

 

(2)Actual wages

From date of publication of the agreement - 29 February 2024

7.8%

1 March 2024 - 28 February 2029

The August CPI of the preceding year and will be applicable from the 1st of March of every year

 

(3)For Minimum Wages and Actual wage increases, it is agreed that should the annual CPI of August be below 4% or above 9% in any given year the parties will meet to negotiate the wages only for the applicable year for minimum and prescribed wages.

 

(4)The Parties to the Council acknowledges that commencing the Agreement on the 1st of March 2023 deprives the employees of one month's wage increase in the new Collective Agreement cycle. To this end, the Parties have agreed that if the Agreement is published with effect from 01 March 2023, or on a later date, that employers shall be required to grant an additional increment of one twelfth (1/12th) of the applicable wage increase for each month that the publication is delayed, up to a maximum of four months.
(i)For example, the CPI is 7.8% and therefore the wage increases for employees earning the minimum wage is CPI plus 1% (8.8%), and the employer only increases the wages on the 1st of March 2023, then they would have to pay an additional 0.7333% (i.e., 8.8% /12 months) for each of the remaining months.

 

(5)Any increase granted on or after 1 January 2023 may be off set when calculating the wage increases.