| (1) | Every employee for whom wages are prescribed in this Agreement and who, on the date on which this Agreement comes into operation, is employed by an employer in the Industry, shall while in the employ of the same employer and whether or not his actual rate of pay immediately prior to the said date was in excess of the rate prescribed for him in this Agreement, receive a wage increase of not less than 7% of the actual wage rate he was receiving immediately prior to the said date: Provided that with effect from the date fixed by the Minister, every employee for whom wages are prescribed in this Agreement, shall receive a wage increase of not less than 7% of the actual wage rate he was receiving immediately prior to the said date. |