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

Notices

National Bargaining Council for the Wood and Paper Sector

Extension of Collective Agreement on Conditions of Service : Pulp and Paper Sector to Non-parties

Part B : Working Time and Wage

4. Wage and Determination of Wages
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1. The minimum wage for the Pulp and Paper Sector which an employer shall pay an employee falling within the Bargaining Unit shall be R6 047.00 per month until the expiry of this Agreement

 

2. Wages will be calculated in accordance with the Collective Agreement on Conditions of Service for the Pulp and Paper Industry.

 

3. Every employer must pay each employee falling within the bargaining unit a wage increase of 8% across the board on actual rates with effect from the coming into operation of this Agreement until 31 December 2018,

 

4. The wages for employees as calculated in paragraph 3 above will apply until 31 December 2018.

 

5. Any calculation of wages must be based on the hourly rate of the employee's ordinary working hours and any fraction of a cent after completing the calculation must be adjusted to the nearest cent;

 

6. As a result of the different shift configurations in different workplaces and the reduction of working hours to 42 hours per week without loss of pay for employees in the Bargaining Unit and at no additional cost to the Employers in the Industry, the number of hours per week may differ from workplace to workplace, which, in turn, leads to different rates of basic pay per hour for different workplaces.

 

7. The basic hourly wage in each workplace is as calculated and agreed during the reduction to a 42 hour week.

 

8. The basic daily, weekly and monthly wage in each workplace is therefore as calculated during the reduction of working hours to a 42 hour week.