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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Laundry Cleaning and Dyeing Industry

Kwa Zulu Natal

Extension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective Agreement

Part C : Hours of Work

16. Public Holidays
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16.1 An employer may not require or permit employees, apart from watchmen/security guards, to work on a public holiday except in accordance with the provision of this Agreement.

 

16.2 The public holidays are the following:

 

(a)

January 1

:

New Year's Day;

(b)

March 21

:

Human Rights Day;

(c)

-

:

Good Friday;

(d)

-

:

Family Day;

(e)

April 27

:

Freedom Day;

(f)

May 1

:

Worker's Day;

(g)

June 16

:

Youth Day;

(h)

August 9

:

National Women's Day;

(i)

September 24

:

Heritage Day;

(j)

December 16

:

Day of Reconciliation;

(k)

December 25

:

Christmas Day;

(l)

December 26

:

Day of Goodwill; and

(m)

Any other day declared to be a public holiday under section 2A of the Public Holidays Act, 1994.

 

16.3 A public holiday may be exchanged for any other day by agreement.

 

16.4 If a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday must be a public holiday.

 

16.5 An employer must pay an employee their daily basic wage on public holidays.

 

16.6 If an employee works on a public holiday then the employer must pay that employee his basic wage for the hours worked in addition to the payment in 16.5 above.

 

16.7 A casual employee must be paid at the normal casual rate for the day.

 

16.8 If an employee reports for duty at the request of the employer and is not given work he must be paid for four hours at ordinary rates of pay for that day.

 

16.9 If an employer chooses to shut down on any other religious holiday, the employees must be paid as if they had worked on that day.

 

16.10 If an employer requires employees to work on a public holiday he must give them adequate notice thereof on the previous day.