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

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National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry

Pharmaceutical Sector

Substantive Agreement 2025/2027

Extension to Non-parties of the Pharmaceutical Sector Collective Agreement

Chapter 2

7. Hours of Work

 

The working week shall be limited to a maximum of 40 (forty hours) hours ordinary time per week.

 

7.1 Should the hours of work clauses in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act be amended during the course of this Agreement which prescribes working hours which are less than those as set out above, then the terms of the Amended Act will apply from the effective date of the amendments.

 

7.2 Averaging arrangements currently in existence at plant level will continue to apply. It is noted that the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 1997 requires averaging arrangements to be agreed in a collective agreement, which lapses after 12 months. Such collective agreements will be negotiated at the plant level.