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

Notices

Purchase

2.5.1.

An employer shall allow an employee;

(a)	A daily rest period of at least 12 consecutive hours between ending and recommencing work; and

(b)	A weekly rest period of at least 36 consecutive hours, which, unless otherwise agreed, must include a Sunday.

2.5.2.

A daily rest period in terms of clause 2.5.1(a) above may, by written agreement, be reduced to 10 hours for an employee—

(a)	who lives on the premises at which the workplace is situated; and

(b)	whose meal interval lasts for at least three hours.

2.5.3.

Despite sub clause 2.5.1(b) above, an agreement in writing may provide for—

(a)	a rest period of at least 60 consecutive hours every two weeks, or

(b)	an employee's weekly rest period to be reduced by up to eight hours in any week if the rest period in the following week is extended equivalently