Common use of COMPRESSED WORKING WEEK Clause in Contracts

COMPRESSED WORKING WEEK. (1) Subject to sub-clauses (2) and (3), and after giving at least 72 hours’ written notice to an employee, an employer may require the employee to work up to 15 hours a day, inclusive of meal intervals, without overtime pay. (2) An employer may not require an employee to work a compressed working week for more than two consecutive weeks in a five week period. (3) An employer may not require or permit an employee to work – (a) more than 45 ordinary hours of work in any week; (b) more than 30 hours of overtime in any week; or (c) during the rest intervals specified in clause 6. (4) An employer who intends implementing a compressed working week scheme must – (a) immediately notify the National Secretary of the Council in writing of the anticipated date of implementation and approximate duration of the scheme; and (b) retain copies of all notices issued to employees in terms of sub-clause (1) for a period of three years. (5) In order to calculate the number of working days worked in a compressed week, an employer must take the total number of ordinary hours worked in a week and must credit an employee with one working day for every nine ordinary hours worked, up to a maximum of five (5) working days per week. A part of an hour worked is deemed to be a full hour.