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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Motor Ferry Industry

Extension to non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

5. Wages

 

5.1 Minimum Wage - No full-time employee shall, be paid a basic weekly wage, in respect of ordinary working hours, at a rate less than that set out below for a person of that grade. The existing minimum rate of all employees in the bargaining unit(s) shall be increased with R1 200.00 (one thousand two hundred rand) per month over the two-year period of this agreement as follows:
5.1.1 Year 1(until 31 December 2026) - R600 per month for parties and for non-parties from the coming into operation of this Agreement until 31 December 2026;
5.1.2 Year 2 (until 31 December 2027) - R600 per month for parties and for non-parties from 1 January 2027.

[Clause 5(5.1) substituted by section 3 of Notice No. R. 7653, GG54939 dated 3 July 2026]

 

5.2 The specific increases for each job grade in the bargaining unit(s) are reflected in Annexure 1 to this agreement.

 

5.3 Current full-time employees in the bargaining unit(s) as at 31 December 2024 who are on higher rates than the minimums as at 31 December 2024, shall receive increases on their actual basic pay of R600 per month from date of signature of the Agreement for parties and R600 per month for non-parties from the coming into operation of this Agreement.  The specific increases for each job grade in the bargaining unit (Grade 1-6 are reflected in Annexure 1 to this agreement. All employees who are not full-time employees shall be paid pro rata by calculating the hourly or daily rate of payment, as applicable, and multiplying this rate by the number of hours or days worked, as applicable such amount shall not be less than the National Minimum Wage as amended from time to time.

[Clause 5(5.3) substituted by section 3 of Notice No. R. 7653, GG54939 dated 3 July 2026]

 

5.4 Wages shall not be negotiated before the lapse of the current wages, and Conditions of Employment shall not be negotiated by parties when the need arise,thereafter unless agreed otherwise.