The Main Agreement: The Annual Leave, Leave Enhancement Pay and Shutdown      

The Main Agreement: The Annual Leave, Leave Enhancement Pay and Shutdown

The workshop will cover the industry collective bargaining structure and process, the purpose and scope of the Main Agreement, and give attention to the annual leave, leave enhancement pay and annual shutdown arrangements, as well as key conditions of employment, including wages and rates of pay, the key conditions of employment for employees covered by the Main Agreement, including:

• Wage rates and the exemption procedure
• The no-strike clause and protection against plant-level bargaining (the peace clause)
• Load shedding, power outages and other unforeseen contingencies – utilising section 7 (Short-time) to your advantage
• Payment for overtime, Public Holidays, Sunday pay and shift allowances, including flexible working time arrangements
• Annual leave pay, leave enhancement pay and the annual shutdown
  • How to calculate annual leave and leave enhancement pay (also known as the leave bonus),
  • The calculation of shifts for annual leave and enhancement pay,
  • The additional week (forth week) of annual leave,
  • The annual shutdown arrangements,
  • Applying for an exemption from the leave enhancement pay.
• Family responsibility leave / Paternity leave
• Managing sick leave and invalid sick notes
• Maternity leave
• Standby and call-out allowances
• The Sick Pay Fund benefits, including sick benefits, maternity and adoption benefits, quarantine leave and compassionate leave
• Injury on duty provisions

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Tel: 011 298 9400

Email: info@seifsa.co.za