This is a comprehensive summary of Lesson 2 in LLW2601. It includes the demarcated information included in the prescribed textbook as well as the study guide. If you choose not to buy the textbook, this summary fills in all the parts you would otherwise miss.
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Lesson 2 - The Basic
Conditions of Employment Act
Created @February 20, 2023 2:00 PM
Class Individual Labour Law IOP2601
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This is a comprehensive summary of Lesson 1 in LLW2601. It
includes the demarcated information included in the prescribed
textbook as well as the study guide. If you choose not to buy the
Comments textbook, this summary fills in all the parts you would otherwise miss.
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as core study material
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Scope of application
Employees fully excluded form the Act:
members of the National Defence force
members of the State Security Agency
unpaid volunteers working for charitable organizations
people undergoing vocational training except to the extent that any term of their
employment is regulated by the provisions of any other law
people employed on vessels at sea
independent contractors
Lesson 2 - The Basic Conditions of Employment Act 1
, Minimum Working Conditions
Working Time
Employees who are excluded from protection relating to working hours:
senior managerial employees
sales staff who travel to the premises of customers and who regulate their own
hours of
work
employees who work less than 24 hours a month for an employer
employees who earn more than R205 433 per year
Maximum Working Hours
maximum of 45 hours a week
The Act requires employers to try to reduce the maximum ordinary hours to 40
hours a week and eight hours a day, through collective bargaining and sectoral
determinations
If the employee works 5 days a week or less, he or she may not work more than
9 hours a day
If the employee works 6 days or more a week, he or she may not work more
than 8 hours a day
Lunch
An employee is entitled to a meal interval of at least one hour after five hours of
continuous work
The meal interval can, by agreement, be reduced to 30 minutes, or be done
away with if the employee works fewer than six hours per day
Lesson 2 - The Basic Conditions of Employment Act 2
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