Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesRegional Bargaining Council for the Contract Cleaning Sector (Excluding Kwa-Zulu Natal)Main Collective Agreement14. Meal Intervals |
| (1) | An employer must give an employee who works continuously for more than five hours a meal interval of at least one continuous hour. |
| (2) | During a meal interval the employee may be required or permitted to perform only duties that cannot be left unattended and cannot be performed by another employee. |
| (3) | An employee must be remunerated— |
| (a) | for a meal interval in which the employee is required to work or is required. to be available for work; and |
| (b) | for any portion of a meal interval that is in excess of 75 minutes unless the employee lives on the premises at which the workplace is situated. |
| (4) | For the purposes of sub-clause (1), work is continuous unless it is interrupted by an interval of at least 60 minutes. |
| (5) | An agreement in writing may— |
| (a) | reduce the meal interval to not less than 30 minutes; |
| (b) | dispense with a meal interval for an employee who works fewer than six hours on a day. |
| (c) | when on any day by reason of overtime worked, an employer is required to give an employee a second meal interval, such interval may be reduced to not less than 15 minutes. |