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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Textile Bargaining Council: Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective AgreementPart 2AnnexuresAnnexure L: Woven, Crochet & Knitted Narrow Fabric SubsectorC. Hours of Work18. Short Time |
| 18.1 | The purpose of short time s to meet the operational requirements of the particular plant. |
| 18.2 | Notification of short time will be preceded by a consultation process between the management and shop stewards at the particular plant. This process will include— |
| 18.2.1 | discussing the need for short time; and |
| 18.2.2 | the implementation of short time; and |
| 18.2.3 | minimizing the impact of the proposed short time. |
| 18.3 | An employer may for production requirements reduce the number of ordinary hours in a day or a week on 48 hours' notice to employees In the case of Force Majeure short-time (short-time as a result of e.g. "Acts of God", elements of nature, power and water outages) employers to give 2 hours' notice to employees after consultation. |
| 18.4 | If the employer fails to give the requisiste 48 hours' notice or the requisite 2 hours notice after consultation, it must pay the employee in lieu of the required notice. |
| 18.5 | Irrespective of the number of hours worked, an employer must pay each employee working time at least half of that employee's basic weekly wage. |
| 18.6 | In the event of operational requirements necessitating an entire department or section withing a company to declare up to 5 working days short time in one week, the following week will be a full working week and payment to affected employees will be split equally over the 2 week period. |
| 18.7 | The parties agree to endorse Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme where extended long term short time is being worked at a particular plant; |
[Part 2 Annexure L C (18)(18.7) inserted by Notice No. 498, GG45039, dated 24 August 2021]
| 18.8 | Extended short time for this clause 18.7 is defined as short time of at least two (2) days per week for a period of one (1) month or more. |
[Part 2 Annexure L C (18)(18.8) inserted by Notice No. 498, GG45039, dated 24 August 2021]
