THE DEFINITION OF THE VARIOUS JOB TITLES IS AS FOLLOWS:
ARTIST
means an employee who designs and draws patterns so that they can then be transposed by the punch operator.
ASSISTANT LOOM TUNER
means an employee engaged in assisting the loom tuner. This includes gaiting.
ASSISTANT QUALITY CONTROLLER
means an employee engaged in assisting the quality controller.
ASSIT WARPER
means an employee who assists a warper.
ASSIT. WEAVING MACHINE OPERATOR
means an employee engaged in assisting the weaving machine operator.
ASSIT WINDER
means an employee who assists a winder or a winding machine operator.
AUTOMATIC CUTTER
means an employee who operates an automatic cutting machine.
BIAS MACHINE OPERATOR
means an employee who operates a biasing machine which converts tubular fabric into biased rolls.
BOW MAKER
means an employee who is involved in the making of bows either by hand or on a machine.
CANVAS OPENER
means an employee who opens canvases after the fabric has come off the Schiffli embroidery machine.
CLERK
means an employee who is engaged in—
(a) writing, typing and filing:
(b) operating a calculating, or a punch-card machine, or a computer;
(c) any other form of clerical work;
and includes a cashier, despatch clerk, mannequin, storeman, telephone switchboard operator and work-study clerk but does not include any other class of employee elsewhere defined in this clause, notwith-standing the fact that clerical work may form part of such employee's work.
COTTON WINDER
means an employee who operates a cotton winding machine.
COVERING/TEXTURISING MACHINE OPERATOR
means an employee who operates a covering machine or texturising machine.
CROSS CUTTER
means an employee who operates a cross-cutting machine.
DESPATCH PACKER
means an employee engaged in making up parcels, cartons or bales in readiness for transport, delivery or post.
DOFFER/CREEL ATTENDANT
means an employee engaged in replacing raw material and then knotting onto trailing end.
DOUBLE-SET STITCHER
means an employee who performs the function of straight-line stitching on a sewing machine on more than a single set.
DRIVER
means an employee engaged in driving a motor vehicle, scooter or fork lift, and for the purposes of this definition, driving a motor vehicle includes all periods of driving and any time spent by the driver on work connected with the vehicle or the load and all the periods during which he is obliged to remain at his post in readiness to drive.
DYE-HOUSE OPERATOR
means an employee who operates a dye-house machine.
DYERS ASSIT
means an employee who under the supervision of a dyer, is responsible for the mixing of colours and/or formulae and who may attend or operate the machines used in dyeing and finishing processes.
EMBROIDERY-BADGE CUTTER
means an employee who checks badges and motifs for damage and who cuts out the badges.
EMBROIDERY FIXER
means an employee who operates a single needle embroidery machine and repairs any damage to the embroidery caused by the Schiffli production machines.
EMBROIDERY-MACHINE MINDER
means an employee who operates a Schiffli embroidery machine.
EMBROIDERY-MACHINE SETTER
means an employee engaged in setting a Schiffli machine according to specifications.
EMBROIDERY SAMPLER
means an employee who aids the sample coordinator by cleaning samples and packing samples and who liases with the costing department.
FABRIC CUTTER
means an employee who operates a circular blade cutting machine.
FABRIC STITCHER
means an employee who operates an overlook sewing machine and sews canvas onto the fabric so that it can go onto the Schiffli embroidery machine.
FACTORY CLERK
means an employee who is engaged in one or more of the following activities:
(a) Calculating piece-work or bonus payments from production schedules;
(b) checking attendance records or recording particulars of employees at work or absent from work; preparing wage cards or envelopes for subsequent use by another employee;
(c) checking or recording for production control;
(d) copying invoices or other documents by machine or hand;
(e) issuing machine parts, tools, oil and other equipment from workshop store and/or recording same;
(f) issuing material, lining, canvas, trimming, buttons, cotton and zips to different departments of an establishment and/or recording same;
(g) issuing trimming, lining, cotton and zips to employees of an establishment from a sub-store and/or recording same;
(h) receiving into stock, goods, material, trimming, tools and other equipment and checking goods ordered, such as quantity, size and quality;
(i) recording particulars of materials or general stores consumed or to be consumed or keeping stock records;
(j) recording particulars of waste:
Provided that a calculator may be used in carrying out one or more of the above duties.
FEEDER
means an employee who is engaged in minding/feeding/rethreading raw material into machine on a continuous process and who may be involved in loading dye machines.
FINISHER
means an employee responsible for feeding/minding a finishing process, e.g. heat tunnel, drum machine, caliendering and/or continuous dye range.
GENERAL WORKER
means an employee who is engaged in one or more of the following activities:
(a) Carrying, moving or stacking articles;
(b) delivering letters, messages or goods outside the factory premises on foot or by means of a bicycle, tricycle or hand-propelled vehicle;
(c) folding and/or inserting mail, affixing postage stamps or labels for posting;
(d) making tea or similar beverages, snacks or sandwiches and washing cups, saucers and kitchen utensils;
(e) marking, branding, stencilling or affixing labels on boxes, bales or other containers by hand;
(f) opening or closing doors, unpacking boxes, packages, bales containers; (g) operating a duplicating and/or addressograph and/or franking machine.
HANDYMAN
means an employee, other than a mechanic, who makes repairs or adjustments or effects renovations to buildings, fixtures, fittings, plant, machinery and other equipments.
KNITTING MACHINE OPERATOR
means an employee who oprates one or a set of knitting machines and who is capable of identifying faults, changing needles, sliders and sinkers, straightening tricks, including chain and card control and making minor adjustments to such items as yarn tensions when necessary.
KNOTTER
means an employee who is engaged in replacing beams and knotting warp ends onto trailing ends.
LABEL CUTTER
means an employee who is engaged in sorting and cutting labels either manually or by means of a label-cutting machine.
LABORATORY ASSISTANT
means an employee who prepares samples and analyses products and who may make initial and routine tests and record the results thereof.
LABOURER
means an employee who is engaged in one or more of the following activities:
(a) Binding, wiring or strapping boxes or bales or other containers;
(b) cleaning and/or washing premises, plant, machinery, vehicles, tools and/or other articles;
(c) fitting and mending machine belts; cleaning, oiling and greasing machines; moving tools, equipment and machines; changing needles; cleaning cotton and/or cloth from underneath throat plate;
(d) general gardening work;
(e) loading or unloading vehicles; trailers or international standard containers.
LOOM CHANGER/TUNER/MACHINE SETTER
means an employee who is engaged in drawing in loom according to specification, placing heals, droppers and final setting of the machine.
MANUAL CUTTER
means an employee who operates a manual cutting machine.
MECHANIC
means an employee who is engaged in the operation, maintenance, rebuilding and refitting of machines and who is proficient in making repairs or adjustments to machinery or equipment used directly in the manufcture of products of an establishment.
MECHANIC'S ASSIT.
means a person who is engaged in assisting the mechanic in maintaining plant machinery and who may be involved in assisting with minor repairs, general stripping and assembling of machines.
PLANNING CLERK/PLANNER
means an employee who is responsible for the administration and planning of production in the factory.
PRE-INSPECTOR/EXAMINER
means an employee who is engaged in inspecting and/or measuring products during the manufacturing
process.
PUNCH OPERATOR
means an employee who works on the card-punching machine which transposes the designs for Schiffli machines onto jacquard cards.
QUALITY CONTROLLER
means an employee, other than a pre-inspector, who carries responsibility for quality control in a factory ensuring that the quality of any product, whether in a finished or unfinished state, meets the standard of quality determined by the employer.
ROLLER/SPOOLER/CASCADER/MAKE-UP WORKER/STRIP ROLLER
means an employee who is engaged in transferring fabric/yarn onto rolls, spools or into cartons.
SET LEADER
means an employee who is responsible for the work executed by the employees in a set or team under his charge and who takes an active part in the operation of a set.
SHUTTLE FILLER
means an employee who fills the shuttles with yarn for the Schiffli embroidery machine.
SINGLE-SET STITCHER
means an employee who performs the function of straight-line stitching on a sewing or tubing machine on
a single set.
SLOTTER
means an employee who operates a slotting machine.
SORTER
means an employee who is engaged in sorting out for various operations.
STITCHER
means an employee who operates a lock-stitch machine sewing fabric together so that it can go through
the schcaring machine.
STOREMAN
Means an employee who is in general charge of stores and/or finished products and who is responsible for receiving, controlling, storing, packing or unpacking goods in a store or warehouse and/or delivering goods from a store or warehouse to the consuming departments in an establishment or for despatch.
SUPERVISOR
Means an employee who supervises a group of employees and carries the responsibility for the correct and efficient execution of the work entrusted to the care of such employee in a factory or a department of a factory.
TABLE HAND
Means an employee involved in the laying up and cutting of broad width fabric.
VAN GUARD
Means an employee who accompanies the driver and assists in loading and dispatching goods, obtaining receipts and general duties pertaining to the vehicle.
WARPER
Means an employee who prepares warps from cones or bobbins for a warp-knitting or similar machine and prepares the beam.
WATCHMAN
Means an employee who is engaged in guarding premises, buildings or other property.
WEAVING-MACHINE OPERATOR
Means an employee who operates one or a set of weaving machines and who is capable of identifying faults, changing needles, sliders and sinkers, straightening tricks, including chain and card control and making minor adjustments to such items as yarn tensions when necessary.
WINDER
Means an employee who is engaged in operating a yarn-winding machine.
5. CALCULATION OF WAGES
As per the provisions of clause 5 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
6. SHIFT ALLOWANCE
For the purposes of this subsector a shift allowance means a night-shift allowance, paid as follows:
An employer must pay a night-shift allowance to each employee who works a shift or part of a shift between 18:00 and 06:00. The night-shift allowance is calculated at 10 per cent of the basic hourly rate for the shift or part of the shift worked between 18:00 and 06:00.
7. LONG-SERVICE AWARD
7.1 Every employer must pay each employee a long-service award in addition to the wage prescribed in clause 4 above.
7.2 The long service award is—
(a) 50c per week for each completed year of continuous service; and
(b) payable from 1 July of each year.
8. ANNUAL BONUS
8.1 Every employer must pay each employee an annual bonus of 4,5% of his/her gross annual earnings calculated in terms of clause 8.2 (below) prior to the annual shutdown and no later than a week before Christmas Day.
8.2 The annual bonus is based on a full year of service commencing on 1 November of the preceding year and ending on 31 October of the year in which the annual bonus is paid.
8.3 If an employee starts employment on or after 1 November, that employee is entitled to a pro rata amount of the annual bonus for the period worked up to 31 October.
8.4 An employee whose employment is terminated—
(a) before 1 November is not entitled to any annual bonus; or
(b) on or after 1 November, must be paid the annual bonus on the date of termination.
9. CHANGE IN OCCUPATION
If an employer requires or permits an employee to work in an occupation or at a skill level in respect of which a higher wage is prescribed, the employer must pay that employee on a pro rata basis for the ordinary hours of work at the higher wage.
10. TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
As per the provisions of clause 10 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
11. DEDUCTIONS
As per the provisions of clause 11 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
12. PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION
The provisions of clause 12 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following:
12.1 Every employer must pay to an employee all the remuneration due to such employee each week. By agreement remuneration may be paid monthly.
12.2 As per the provisions of clause 12.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement, subject to the following addition:
"12.2.3 by bank deposit; or to a registered financial institution".
12.3 As per the provisions of clause 12.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement, subject to the following addition: "12.3.15 productivity or incentive pay".
12.4 As per the provisions of clause 12.4 of Part 1 of this Agreement, subject to the following addition:
"12.4.2 in respect of weekly-paid employees, within eight days of the week worked; or".
12.5 As per the provisions of clause 12.5 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
13. INSURANCE OF REMUNERATION
As per the provisions of clause 13 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
C: HOURS OF WORK
14. ORDINARY HOURS OF WORK
The provisions of clause 14 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following:
14.1 An employer may not require or permit an employee, other than a security guard, to work more than—
14.1.1 44 ordinary hours in a week; and
14.1.2 as per the provisions of clause 14.1.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement;
14.1.3 nine ordinary hours in a day if the employee works five days in a week.
14.2 As per the provisions of clause 14.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
14.3 An empioyer may not require or permit a security guard to work more than the hours specified in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997.
15. OVERTIME
The provisions of clause 15 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following addition:
15.1 As per the provisions of clause 15.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
15.2 As per the provisions of clause 15.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
15.3 As per the provisions of clause 15.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
15.4 As per the provisions of clause 15.4 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
15.5 Aggregation of overtime:
15.5.1 Employees shall only qualify for the payment of overtime rates, once they have worked their full normal weekly hours of work for an applicable pay week.
15.5.2 All absenteeism shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the total normal weekly hours worked by an employee.
15.5.3 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to annual leave, protected industrial actions. public holidays, short time, maternity leave, family responsibility leave and authorised shop stewards' time-off.
16. MEAL AND OTHER INTERVALS
The provisions of clause 16 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following:
16.1 As per the provisions of clause 16.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.2 As per the provisions of clause 16.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.3 As per the provisions of clause 16.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.4 As per the provisions of clause 16.4 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.5 As per the provisions of clause 16.5 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.6 As per the provisions of clause 16.6 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.7 As per the provisions of clause 16.7 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
16.8 Every employee must be given at least two 10-minute rest breaks per shift, the first in approximately the middle of the first period of work and the second in approximately the middle of the second period of work. These rest breaks are part of ordinary time.
16.9 The 20 minutes allocated for the rest breaks referred to in clause 16.8 may be—
16.9.1 added to the meal interval if less than 40 minutes; or
16.9.2 used to permit employees to leave work before the termination of the working day, without loss of pay; or
16.9.3 used for both 16.9.1 and 16.9.2.
17. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
The provisions of clause 17 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following:
17.1 An employer may not require or permit employees, apart from security guards and guards, to work on a public holiday except in accordance with an agreement.
17.2 Public Holidays will be as per the Public Holidays Act, 1994.
17.3 As per the provisions of clause 17.3 of a Part 1 of this Agreement.
17.4 If a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday must be a public holiday.
17.5 If a public holiday falls on a day in which an employee would ordinarily work and an employee does not work on this public holiday, an employer must pay an employee his/her basic daily wage for that public holiday.
17.6 If an employee works less than 4 hours on a public holiday then the employer must pay that employee his/her basic daily wage, plus a basic hourly rate for 4 hours.
17.7 If an employee works for longer than 4 hours on a public holiday, then the employer must pay that employee a double his or her normal daily rate, or double the hourly rate for the hours worked, whichever is the greater.
17.8 If the Day of Reconciliation falls on a Saturday, an employer of an employee who works five days a week must pay that employee an additional day's wage for that week. The day's wage is the basic daily wage.
17.9 If an employer chooses to shut down on any religious holiday then the employees must be paid as if they had worked on that day.
17.10 An employee may take paid leave of one hour on 18 July each year for a general meeting at the time and place agreed between the employer and the trade union representatives at the workplace.
18. SUNDAYS
The following provisions on Sunday work are applicable in this subsector:
18.1 If an employee works less than four hours on a Sunday, then the employer must pay that employee his/her basic daily wage.
18.2 If an employee works for longer than four hours on a Sunday, then the employer must pay that employee either—
(a) the greater of double the basic hourly rate for the time worked or double the basic daily wage; or
(b) 1,333 times the basic hourly rate for the time worked, and any night-shift allowance, and grant that employee one day off work in the next week.
18.3 Clause 18.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement is not applicable on this subsector.
19. SHORT TIME
19.1 The purpose of short time is to meet the operational requirements of the particular plant.
19.2 Notification of short time will be preceded by a consultation process between the management and shop stewards at the particular plant. This process will include—
19.2.1 discussing the need for short time; and
19.2.2 the implementation of short time; and
19.2.3 minimizing the impact of the proposed short time.
19.3 An employer may reduce the number of ordinary hours in a day or a week on 2 hours' notice to the employees.
19.4 If the employer fails to give 2 hours' notice, it must pay the employee in lieu of the required notice.
19.5 Irrespective of the number of hours worked, an employer must pay each employee working short time at least half of that employee's basic weekly wage.
20. EXCEPTIONS
As per the provisions of clause 20 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
D: LEAVE
21. ANNUAL LEAVE
The provisions of clause 21 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following:
21.1 As per the provisions of clause 21.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.2 As per the provisions of clause 21.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.3 As per the provisions of clause 21.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.4 As per the provisions of clause 21.4 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.5 As per the provisions of clause 21.5 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.6 As per the provisions of clause 21.6 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.7 As per the provisions of clause 21.7 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.8 As per the provisions of clause 21.8 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.9 As per the provisions of clause 21.9 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.10 As per the provisions of clause 21.10 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.11 As per the provisions of clause 21.11 of Part 1 of this Agreement, subject to the follovi^ing:
21.11.1 As per the provisions of clause 21.11.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
21.11.2 Clause 21.11.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement is not applicable in this subsector.
21.12 The parties may, by agreement, at plant level introduce split annual leave, provided that such arrangements shall be finalized by no later than 30 September of the applicable year.
22. SICK LEAVE
The provisions of clause 22 of Part 1 of this Agreement shall apply, subject to the following:
22.1 As per the provisions of clause 22.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
22.2 As per the provisions of clause 22.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
22.3 Subject to section 23 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, an employer must pay an employee of a day's sick leave—
22.3.1 the wage the employee would ordinarily have received for work on that day; and
22.3.2 on the employee's usual pay day.
22.4 As per the provisions of clause 22.4 of Part 1 of this Agreement subject to the following addition:
22.4.1 As per the provisions of clause 22.4.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
22.4.2 As per the provisions of clause 22.4.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
22.4.3 As per the provisions of clause 22.4.3 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
22.4.4 To a temporary employee who works less than 24 hours per month.
22.5 During an employee's first sick-leave cycle, an employer may reduce the employee's entitlement to sick leave in terms of clause 22.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement, by the number of days' sick leave taken in terms of clause 22.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
22.6 An agreement may reduce the pay to which an employee is entitled in respect of any day's absence in terms of this clause if—
22.6.1 the number of days of paid sick leave is increased at least commensurately with any reduction in the daily amount of sick pay; and
22.6.2 the employee's entitlement to pay—
22.6.2.1 for any day's sick leave is at least 75 per cent of the wage payable to the employee for the ordinary hours the employee would have worked on that day; and
22.6.2.2 for sick leave over the sick-leave cycle is at least equivalent to the employee's entitlement in terms of clause 22.2 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
23. MATERITY LEAVE
The following provisions on maternity leave are applicable in this subsector:
23.1 An employee is entitled to at least four consecutive months' maternity leave. Every female employee who has worked for at least 12 months for an employer is eligible for paid maternity leave in terms of this Agreement.
23.2 An employer may not require or permit a female employee to work four weeks before the expected date of birth and before eight weeks affter the birth.
23.3 An employee may take maternity leave for longer than the compulsory period of leave up to a maximum of six months. Any annual leave due to the employee must be taken as part of that extended leave.
23.4 Employers must pay employees 33% of their basic weekly wage for four months. The remaining two months is unpaid.
23.5 Employers must pay both the employee's and the employer's contributions to any provident and medical aid funds to which the employee belongs for up to four months.
23.6 Maternity leave does not constitute a break in service.
23.7 Benefits such as annual leave, sick leave and annual bonus do not accumulate during maternity leave.
23.8 An employee must apply in writing for maternity leave at least one month before going on such leave.
23.9 Each employer must guarantee the re-employment of the employee after the expiry of the maternity leave unless she has been selected for retrenchment on criteria agreed to between the employer and the trade union party to this Agreement.
23.10 The employer may hire an employee on a temporary basis to fill the employee's post until the employee returns. The trade union will not challenge the fairness of the termination of service of the temporary employee as a consequence of this section.
23.11 If the employee returns before the exiry of the six month period, the employer must re-employ her at the same job grade and rate of pay she enjoyed immediately before she went on maternity leave. If the rate of pay increased while she was on leave, she must receive the increased rate.
23.12 If the employer is unable to employ her at the same job grade, the employer may employ her in a temporary position in a different job grade at her previous rate of pay or the rate for the temporary position, whichever is the greatest.
23.13 An employee wishing to return to work must give her employer one month's notice of her recommence-ment of work and provide her employer with a medical certificate indicating that she is fit to work.
24. FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY LEAVE
The following provisions on family responsibility leave are applicable in this subsector:
24.1 An employee, who has been in the same company's employ for at least 12 months and who works for the company for at least four days a week, is entitled to three days' paid family responsibility leave a year.
24.2 This leave will be granted (if requested) when—
24.2.1 a male employee's child is born;
24.2.2 a spouse or life partner, parent, parent-in-law, adoptive parent, grandparent, child, adopted child, grandchild or sibling dies;
24.2.3 the employee's minor child and/or parents are ill; and
minor child is defined as a child under 18 years old and discretion lies with management to pre-authorise such leave for older dependent children.
24.3 Family responsibility leave may be taken for a whole day or part of a day. Before granting this leave, reasonable proof of the event for which the leave is required must be furnished. This leave is non-accumulative ad any unused entitlement lapses at the end of the calendar year.
24.4 Requests for family responsibility leave for time off to attend to a child's first day of school {Grade 1) will be dealt with on a plant-level basis.
E: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
25. RETIREMENT FUND
25.1 As per the provisions of clause 25.1 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
25.2 Every employee must contribute at least 6,5% of the employee's basic weekly wage and every employer must contribute 6,5% of each employee's basic weekly wage.
26. BURSARY SCHEME
As per the provisions of clause 26 of Part 1 of this Agreement.
27. FUNERAL BENEFITS
27.1 Every employer must take out insurance to secure the minimum funeral benefits of its employees and their dependants in accordance with the Table below.
27.2 When the employee or a person referred to in the Table below dies, the employer must pay the employee or the employee's family, the funeral benefit in accordance with this Table. The payment must be made within one week of the employer being furnished with the death certificate of the deceased person.
27.3 The employer must furnish the Council each year with a certificate from the insurer confirming this insurance. |
