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

Notices

National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI)

Main Collective Agreement

Part 2 : Hours of Work

8. Compressed working week

 

(1) Subject to subclauses (2) and (3), and after giving at least 72 hours' written notice to an employee, an employer may require the employee to work up to 15 hours a day, inclusive of meal intervals, without overtime pay.

 

(2) An employer may not require an employee to work a compressed working week for more than two consecutive weeks in a five week period.

 

(3) An employer may not require or permit an employee to work—
(a) more than 45 ordinary hours of work in any week;
(b) more than 30 hours of overtime in any week; or
(c) during the rest intervals specified in clause 6.

 

(4) An employer who intends implementing a compressed working week scheme must—
(a) immediately notify the National Secretary of the Council in writing of the anticipated date of implementation and approximate duration of the scheme; and
(b) retain copies of all notices issued to employees in terms of subclause (1) for a period of three years.

 

(5) In order to calculate the number of working days worked in a compressed week, an employer must take the total number of ordinary hours worked in a week and must credit an employee with one working day for every nine ordinary hours worked, up to a maximum of five (5) working days per week. A part of an hour worked is deemed to be a full hour.