Description :

This Monograph was first released in 2000. The current edition explains the application of the provisions of the Shop and Office Employees Act No.19 of 1954, as amended, in relation to the hours of work, leave, holidays, payment of overtime, etc.

Content :

1. APPLICATION OF THE ACT
2. THE MEANING OF A ‘SHOP’ AND AN ‘OFFICE’ IN THE ACT
   1. What is a Shop?
   2. The meaning of ‘Shop Employee’
   3. What is an Office?
   4. The meaning of ‘Office Employee’
   5. Burden of Proof in Relation to the Coverage of an Employee
3. WHO IS AN “EMPLOYER” IN RELATION TO A SHOP?
4. WHO IS AN “EMPLOYER” IN RELATION TO AN OFFICE?
5. EXEMPTED PREMISES AND CATEGORIES
6. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT
   1. Normal Maximum Period
   2. Salesman and Canvassers
   3. Intervals for Rest or for Meals
   4. Continuity and  spread-over of Working Hours
7. OVERTIME
   1. What is Overtime?
   2. Principle of Reasonable Overtime
   3. Restrictions on Overtime
   4. Restrictions on Overtime in relation to Females and persons under 18 years of age
   5. Payment of Overtime
8. RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE
9. EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES ON NIGHT SHIFTS
10. HOLIDAYS
    1. Weekly holidays
    2. What is a “half-holiday” in terms of the Act?
    3. Employment on Weekly Holidays
    4. Statutory Holidays
    5. Employment on a Statutory Holiday
11. STATUTORY HOLIDAYS COINCIDING WITH WEEKLY HOLIDAYS
12. STATUTORY HOLIDAYS AND WEEKLY HOLIDAYS COINCIDING WITH LEAVE
13. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS
    1. First year
    2. Annual Holidays on Termination
    3. Computation of Annual Holidays on Termination of Employment
    4. Payment in respect of Annual Holidays
    5. Some Practical Issues
    6. Other Leave
    7. Leave under a Fixed Term Contract of Employment
14. POYA DAYS
15. MATERNITY LEAVE AND BENEFITS
    1. Maternity Leave for the birth of the First and Second Child
    2. Maternity Leave for the Third or Subsequent Confinements
    3. Notice of Confinement
    4. Birth of Twins
    5. Computation of Leave
    6. Maternity Leave in the event of a Stillbirth or the Issue of a Viable Foetus
    7. Prohibition of Certain Types of Employment and Termination of Employment
16. PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION AND DEDUCTIONS FROM REMUNERATION
    1. Remuneration for the purposes of the Act
    2. Payment of Remuneration
    3. Payment of Remuneration to a person who works less than the Normal Working Hours
17. REGULATION OF REMUNERATION
    1. Determination by Consent
    2. Repudiation of a Determination by Consent
    3. Determination by Remuneration Tribunals
18. DEDUCTIONS
    1. Deductions under the Shop and Office Employees Act
    2. Fines
    3. The Maximum Interest chargeable on any loan
    4. The Maximum Deductions
19. LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT
    1. Express and Implied Terms of Employment
20. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
    1. A Remuneration Record
    2. A Service Record
    3. Time and Leave Record
21. RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED IN RESPECT OF DEDUCTIONS
    1. Articles sold
    2. Fines
    3. Deductions in respect of security
    4. Advances
22. HOW LONG SHOULD EMPLOYERS MAINTAIN RECORDS?
23. OFFENCES – GENERAL
    1. Specific Penalties
24. SHOP’S CLOSING ORDER
25. POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR AND LABOUR OFFICIALS
    1. Obstructing Inspection
26. HEALTH AND COMFORT OF EMPLOYEES
    1. Ventilation and Lighting
    2. Sanitary Conveniences and Washing Facilities
    3. Seats for Women Shop Assistants
    4. Intervals and facilities for meals and rest
    5. Residing on the premises

1. THE SHOP AND OFFICE EMPLOYEES’ ACT
2. REGULATIONS UNDER THE SHOP AND OFFICE EMPLOYEES’ ACT