{"id":244081,"date":"2022-11-26T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=125357"},"modified":"2022-11-26T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T14:28:48","slug":"annual-shut-down-provisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/annual-shut-down-provisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual shut down provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/annual-shut-down-provisions.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/annual-shut-down-provisions.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125358\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=125358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-125358 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/annual-shut-down-provisions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125358 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/annual-shut-down-provisions.jpg\" alt width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucio Trentini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Clause 16 of the Main Agreement<\/p>\n<p>The date of the annual shutdown is determined by the company\u2019s management, and should be as similar as possible to the previous year\u2019s annual shutdown dates.<\/p>\n<p>The annual shutdown must in total, amount to three consecutive weeks\u2019 paid leave taken over an unbroken period and include four weekends. In addition, the three weeks\u2019 leave must be extended with full pay for each public holiday which falls during the annual shutdown period and which would otherwise have been an ordinary working day.<\/p>\n<p>This year, depending on the start of the annual shutdown, the following public holidays fall into this category, where the normal work week is Monday to Friday:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 16 December (Friday) \u2013 Day of Reconciliation;<br \/>\u2013 26 December (Monday) \u2013 Day of Goodwill;<br \/>\u2013 1 January (Sunday and moves to Monday 2 January) \u2013 New Year\u2019s Day;<\/p>\n<p>There is pressure from some unions asking the President to also declare 27 December to be a public holiday, but at the time of writing this explanatory brief, this has not occurred.<\/p>\n<p>CALCULATION OF LEAVE PAY (CLAUSE 12) AND LEAVE ENHANCEMENT PAY (CLAUSE 14)<\/p>\n<p>All employees are entitled to their full leave pay and leave enhancement pay (bonus) on completion of 234 shifts worked on a five-day week basis or 283 shifts on a six-day week basis, excluding overtime.<\/p>\n<p>CALCULATING SHIFTS FOR PURPOSES OF LEAVE PAY AND LEAVE ENHANCEMNT PAY<\/p>\n<p>A maximum of 234 shifts (5-day week) or 283 shifts (6-day week) may be worked during a single year and are calculated as follows, however this year:<\/p>\n<p>5 Day Week 6 Day Week<br \/>Number of days in a year 365 365<br \/>Minus Saturdays and Sundays[1] 105 53<br \/>Three Weeks Annual Leave (working days) 15 18<br \/>Public holidays 9[2] 11<br \/>Total number of shifts 236 283<\/p>\n<p>Employees who have not worked all available shifts during the year are entitled to pro-rata leave pay and a pro-rata leave enhancement pay:<\/p>\n<p>An employee who worked all available shifts from the first day after the previous year\u2019s annual shutdown up to and including the last shift preceding the current shutdown is entitled to full leave pay and leave enhancement pay (bonus).<\/p>\n<p>An employee qualifies for an additional week\u2019s paid leave from his fourth and subsequent consecutive periods of annual leave and, by mutual arrangement between the employer and employee, the annual shutdown may be extended by an extra week or the employee may be paid out the monetary value of this extra week\u2019s leave.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, and again by mutual agreement, the extra week\u2019s leave may be accumulated until the employee qualifies for three such weeks\u2019 paid leave, after which the leave must be taken or be paid out.<\/p>\n<p>In cases where employees are required to undertake essential work during the shutdown, the relevant MEIBC Regional Office must be advised of the names of these employees, and the reasons thereof, at least one month in advance. Such employees must be given their paid leave within four months of the date of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>CALCULATING LEAVE PAY AND LEAVE ENHANCEMENT PAY (BONUS)<\/p>\n<p>Full (or pro-rata) leave pay and leave enhancement pay are calculated as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Workshops:<\/p>\n<p>SEIFSA is conducting Main Agreement Workshops during the month of November and December, please contact Michael Lavender at michaell@seifsa.co.za or sales@seifsa.co.za to make a booking. The training will be conducted on-line.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that In-house training (face 2 face or on-line) and consultation is available on this topic plus many others.<\/p>\n<p>Queries<\/p>\n<p>Should you have any queries please contact SEIFSA Industrial Relations Services on (011) 298-9400.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">59<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/annual-shut-down-provisions\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Lucio Trentini Clause 16 of the Main Agreement The date of the annual shutdown is determined by the company\u2019s management, and should be as similar as possible to the previous year\u2019s annual shutdown dates. 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