Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesRegional Bargaining Council for the Contract Cleaning Sector (Excluding Kwa-Zulu Natal)Main Collective Agreement1. Scope of Application of the Agreement |
The terms of this Collective Agreement shall be observed by employers and employees in the Contract Cleaning Sector Industry as defined hereunder. in the Gauteng Region (The Greater East Rand Metro City, City of Johannesburg, Tshwane, Emfuleni, Merafong. Mogale City, Metsimaholo, Randfontein, Westonaria), Gqeherbe Region and Cape Town/Stellenbosch Region.
"Contract Cleaning Sector" means the industry in which employers and their employees are associated on fixed-term or fixed-project contracts for carrying out one or more of the following activities for the hire or reward:
| (1) | The cleaning or washing, by hand or machine, of furniture, windows, carpets, doors, floors, ceiling, roofs, baths, showers, toilets, kitchens, tools, kitchens, tools, machinery, at the premises of a client, including but not limited to state, industrial, commercial, business premises, residential premises, hotels, markets, hospitals and flats buildings, and the maintenance of gardens and grounds that are contained within the same project and/or contract and is undertaken by the same employers, but excludes contracts that are exclusively garden and ground maintenance; |
| (2) | The cleaning of roads or highways or the interior or exterior of any air-planes, trucks, cars, buses, trains, ships or any other vehicle requiring to be so cleaned or valeted. Irrespective of the class of undertaking, industry, trade, or occupation in which the client is engaged as an employer. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-clause (1) above, this Agreement shall apply to Employees for whom wages are prescribed in this Agreement and to the employers of such employees; |
| (4) | The Agreement excludes: |
| (a) | a manager; |
| (b) | administrative personnel; |
| (c) | employees who work less than 24 hours a month for an employee. |
| (5) | For the purposes of determining the wage rate applicable to an employee, the area where the employee performed that work shall be the area contemplated in clause 3 irrespective of whether or not the employer has an establishment in that area |