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4. MINIMUM WAGES
4.1 The minimum wages for the Textile Industry, which an employer shall pay to employees, shall be as specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement.
4.2 Every employer must pay each employee a wage that is not less than the minimum wage prescribed in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement.
4.3 Unless othenwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement, in addition to the wage that an employee is entitled to in terms of this Agreement, he shall be entitled to receive, by no later than six weeks from the date from which the Minister declare this Agreement binding by publication in the Gazette {hereinafter referred to as the implementation date) and in equal weekly instalments an amount equal to the difference between the remuneration paid to him calculated from the effective date until the implementation date and remuneration based on his wage, as specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement, calculated from the effective date until the implementation date.
5. CALCULATION OF WAGES
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—
5.1 any calculation of wages must be based on the hourly wage and any fraction of a cent after completing the calculation must be adjusted to the nearest cent;
5.2 a basic hourly rate is calculated by dividing the weekly wage by the number of ordinary hours worked in a week;
5.3 a basic daily wage is calculated by dividing the weekly wage by five for a five-day worker and by six for a six-day worker;
5.4 a basic weekly wage means the basic hourly wage multiplied by the ordinary hours worked in the week;
5.5 a month wage is calculated by mulitplying the weekly wage by 4,33.
6. SHIFT ALLOWANCE
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement, an employer must pay a shift allowance to each employee who works a shift or part of a shift between 18:00 and 06:00, as specified in the rele-vant Annexures hereto.
7. LONG-SERVICE ALLOWANCE
A long-service allowance shall be payable as specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement.
8. ANNUAL BONUS
An employer must pay an annual bonus to each employee as specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement.
9. CHANGE IN OCCUPATION
Unless othenwlse specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement if an employer requires or permits an employee to work for longer than an hour in an occupation or at a skill level in respect of which a higher wage is prescribed, the employer must pay that employee at the higher wage for all the ordinary hours of work that day even if that employee did not work all the hours in that higher occupation or at that skill level.
10. TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement, an employer must pay a temporary employee a wage—
10.1 for each hour, or part thereof;
10.2 no less than the basic hourly wage payable to an employee in accordance with the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement.
11. DEDUCTIONS
11.1 Unless othenwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—
11.1.1 an employer may not fine or impose a levy on an employee or charge an employee a fee; and
11.1.2 an employer may not deduct any amount from an employee's wages, except an amount—
11.1.2.1 required or permitted by law; or
11.1.2.2 required or permitted by this or any other Collective Agreement.
11.1.3 an employee may authorise the employer to deduct an amount from the employee's wage for—
11.1.3.1 a registered sick benefit, medical aid, pension or provident fund; and/or
11.1.3.2 insurance, annuity, savings, or holiday schemes approved by the Council; and/or
11.1.3.3 any other deduction authorised by the employee, as agreed to between the individ-ual employee and the employer.
11.2 The authorisation referred to in clause 11.1 —
11.2.1 must be in writing; and
11.2.2 does not apply to any fund or scheme established by the Council.
12. PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION
Unless othen/vise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—
12.1 every employer must pay to an employee all the remuneration due to such employee each week, except, by written agreement, remuneration may be paid monthly;
12.2 payment may be made—
12.2.1 in cash;
12.2.2 by bank transfer
12.2.3 by bank deposit; or
12.2.4 by cheque;
12.3 payment must be accompanied by a payslip with the following details:
12.3.1 the employer's name and address;
12.3.2 the name, occupation, identity document number, clock number or payroll number of the employee;
12.3.3 the employee's date of employment;
12.3.4 the wage grade of the employee;
12.3.5 the total ordinary hours worked;
12.3.6 the overtime hours worked and the overtime rate;
12.3.7 the rate of pay;
12.3.8 any other payment due to the employee in accordance with the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement;
12.3.9 any shift premium;
12.3.10 any long-service award;
12.3.11 the deductions made and the reason for the deductions;
12.3.12 the remuneration due;
12.3.13 the period in respect of which payment is made; and
12.3.14 the actual amount paid to the employee.
12.4 payment must be made—
12.4.1 in respect of monthly-paid employees, during the last week of the month; or
12.4.2 in respect of weekly-paid employees, within seven days of the week worked; or
12.4.3 at any other time or period as speecified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement;
12.5 payment in cash must be made—
12.5.1 in an envelope;
12.5.2 during working hours or within 15 minutes of the end of the shift, or payment is made after that, the employee must be paid at the basic hourly rate for the time between the end of the shift and when payment is made; and
12.5.3 in respect of temporary employees, at the end of that temporary employee's employment in each week.
13. INSURANCE OF REMUNERATION
Unless otherwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—
13.1 every employer must take out insurance to insure the remuneration of its employees in case of fire, and
13.2 the employer must furnish the Council each year with a certificate from the insurer confirming this
insurance
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