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Cape Town - Fin24 user Simo Zungu, a shift worker wants to know about pay and public holidays. He writes:
1. I am a shift worker and would like to find out more with regards to remuneration when working on public holiday. Note I work two cycle shift from 06H00 to 18H00 and 18H00 to 06H00.
2. If half of shift hours fall on public holiday in terms of services condition what would be the remuneration?
3. If my shift falls on a public holiday and Ineed leave, do I fill in a leave form? What will be normal procedure.
Labour expert and Inside Labour columnist Terry Bell responds:
Hi Simo
I don't know what sector you work in and, therefore, what - if any - bargaining council covers this. However, Chapter 2 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), a copy of which should be displayed at workplaces, covers these questions.
In broad terms, an employer may not require or permit an employee to work for more than 45 hours a week or nine hours a day in a five-day week. Overtime is generally restricted to three hours a day or 10 hours a week and should be paid at time and a half, so R20 and hour = R30 in ordinary overtime. Sunday work (unless normally worked) is double time.
However, you should read through Chapter 2 of the BCEA and, if you are a member of a union, you should raise any questions you have with your union organiser.
If you are in dispute with your employer over hours and conditions of work there is also free access to the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Regards
- Fin24
* Terry Bell is an independent political, economic and labour analyst. Views expressed are his own. Follow him on twitter @telbelsa.
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
1. I am a shift worker and would like to find out more with regards to remuneration when working on public holiday. Note I work two cycle shift from 06H00 to 18H00 and 18H00 to 06H00.
2. If half of shift hours fall on public holiday in terms of services condition what would be the remuneration?
3. If my shift falls on a public holiday and Ineed leave, do I fill in a leave form? What will be normal procedure.
Labour expert and Inside Labour columnist Terry Bell responds:
Hi Simo
I don't know what sector you work in and, therefore, what - if any - bargaining council covers this. However, Chapter 2 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), a copy of which should be displayed at workplaces, covers these questions.
In broad terms, an employer may not require or permit an employee to work for more than 45 hours a week or nine hours a day in a five-day week. Overtime is generally restricted to three hours a day or 10 hours a week and should be paid at time and a half, so R20 and hour = R30 in ordinary overtime. Sunday work (unless normally worked) is double time.
However, you should read through Chapter 2 of the BCEA and, if you are a member of a union, you should raise any questions you have with your union organiser.
If you are in dispute with your employer over hours and conditions of work there is also free access to the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Regards
- Fin24
* Terry Bell is an independent political, economic and labour analyst. Views expressed are his own. Follow him on twitter @telbelsa.
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
