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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Extension of the Consolidated Main Collective Agreement to Non-parties (for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2024)

Part 2

4. Technical Schedules

Schedule G

Section (a): General

(ix) Electrolytic Finishing

 

Electroplating and/or electrolytic finishing and/or finishing of ferrous, non-ferrous and/or other substrates.

 

For purposes of this technical schedule, “electroplating and/or electrolytic finishing and/or finishing of ferrous, non-ferrous, and/or other substrates” includes electroplating, anodizing, electrolysis metal deposition, wet electrostatic or electrophoretic coatings, hard chroming, vacuum coating, chemical and electrochemical brightening, powder coating, lacquering, metal finishing and operations associated with these processes.

 

Rate “B”

• Supervisory work.

 

Rate “D”

• Manufacturing of plating racks and frames.

 

Rate “DD”

• Maintenance and/or repairing of plating racks and frames by brazing and/or silver soldering.

 

Rate “F”

1.        Decorative plating.

2.        Supervising employees employed on classes of work scheduled below Rate “F” (when so appointed).

 

Rate “G”

1.        Industrial plating (e.g. zinc, tin, cadmium, copper, anodizing etc).

2.        Application of powder and other coatings.

3.        Polishing and/or grinding (after 24 months).

4.        Lacquer spraying or dipping.

5.        Polish wheel making.

6.        Cleaning on plating line.

7.        Colour anodizing.

8.        All electrolytic and/or non-electrolytic processes carried out by a bath / vat attendant.

9.        All other coatings that use alternative application methods.

10.        Brightening.

11.        Gas burning of jigging or wire holes.

 

Rate “H”

1.        Jigging and/or wiring.

2.        Pickling and/or stripping.

3.        Stripping and/or coating of jigs.

4.        Barrel loading.

5.        Inspection.

6.        Polishing (First 7 to 24 months).

7.        Attending drier and/or oven.

 

Electroplating sector job creation initiative:

The parties to this agreement have agreed, in an attempt to create new job opportunities in the electroplating sector and subject to the qualifications set out in the note, that Rate “H” less 30% will apply to the following operations:

1. Any form of general manual labour, including wrapping and/or packing, loading and/or unloading of vehicles, visual inspection etc.

2.        Jigging and/or wiring of articles to be electroplated or similarly finished.

3.        Polishing.

 

Important notice:

1. The above special wage structure only applies to new employees engaged on a permanent basis (i.e. excluding any employees engaged on a limited duration contract of employment and/or temporary and/or casual basis).
2. The above special wage structure may not be applied in respect of employees supplies by a Temporary Employment Service (TES / Labour Broker).
3. The special wage rates will only apply in respect of qualifying employees during their first 6 months of employment with an employer, after which period the applicable Collective Main Agreement will apply.
4. The South African Electroplating Industries Association undertakes to report to the Bargaining Council, in January of each year, declaring the number of employees engaged on this basis during the course of the preceding year and the Bargaining Council and the trade union parties reserve the right to withdraw the special wage dispensation, should it be found that the wage structure has not resulted in the creation of new job opportunities in the sector.