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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 6 : Termination of Employment

40. Notice and payment in lieu of notice

 

(1) Subject to subclause (2), an employer or an employee, other than a relief employee or a temporary employee of a temporary employment service, may terminate the contract of employment on notice of not less than—
(a) one week, if the employee has been employed for 26 weeks or less;
(b) two weeks, if the employee has been employed for more than 26 weeks but not more than 52 weeks;
(c) four weeks, if the employee has been employed for more than 52 weeks.

 

(2) In lieu of notice—
(a) an employer may pay the employee the remuneration the employee would have received if the employee had worked during the notice period;
(b) an employee may agree to forfeit or pay the amount the employee would have received had the employee worked during the notice period.

 

(3) Notice of termination of employment must be in writing in the form of Annexure A7.

 

(4) Nothing contained in this clause affects—
(a) the right of an employer or an employee to terminate the contract of employment without notice for any cause recognised by law as sufficient; or
(b) any agreement between an employer and an employee that provides for a longer period of notice than the periods stipulated in subclause (1), provided that—
(i) the notice required to be given by the employer and the employee must be of equal duration;
(ii) payment in lieu of notice must be of equivalent value to the notice period stipulated in the agreement.