Sectoral Determination 3: Private Security Sector, South Africa
7. Public Holiday

 

 

1)       All employees working on a Public Holiday will be remunerated in terms of the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No 75 of 1997, or any amendment thereto.

 

2)       Compensation to a casual employee, a ship security officer or a cargo security officer for work on a public holiday:

a)       Whenever a casual employee works on a public holiday, the employer shall pay the employee in respect of the total period worked by the employee on such day an amount calculated at a rate of not less than double the hourly wage prescribed for a full-time employee in the same area who performs the same class of work as the casual employee is required to do. Provided that where the employer requires a casual employee-

i)         to perform the work of a class of employee for whom wages on a rising scale are prescribed, the expression "hourly wage" shall mean the hourly wage for a qualified employee of that class as calculated in terms of clause 3(4);

ii)        to work for less than four hours on such a day, an employee shall be deemed to have worked for four hours.

b)       Whenever a ship security officer or a cargo security officer works on a public holiday, an employer shall pay the employee in respect of the total period worked by the employee on such day an amount calculated at a rate of not less than double the hourly wage.

 

3)       Payment: The remuneration payable in terms of this clause to an employee, other than a casual employee, a ship security officer or a cargo security officer, shall be paid to the employee not later than the normal pay-day immediately after the day in respect of which such remuneration is payable. A casual employee, a ship security officer or a cargo security officer shall be remunerated as set out in clause 4(6).