Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

"parking and/or storing motor vehicles - business of"

means any business carried on for profit wherein cars are received for storage, whether for short or long periods and whether or not the establishment or such business is open 24 hours per day or less;

"parking garage attendant"

(grade 1 employee) (Chapter I) means an employee who mainly or exclusively attends to the management of parking services including issuing of parking tickets, handling parking lot access controls and handling of moneys in a parking garage.

"parts salesperson"

(Division B) means an employee who is mainly or exclusively engaged in interpreting/soliciting and/or taking orders for the sale and supply of motor vehicle spares and accessories;

"part-time employee"

(Division B) means a clerical employee who is employed by the same employer for not more than five hours in the aggregate on any one day;

"pattern cutter maker"

(grade 4 employee) (Chapter III) means an employee mainly or exclusively engaged in the bending of a cutting blade to a pattern or template and inserting it into a supporting base or back;

“PFA”

means the Pension Funds Act, Act no 24 of 1956, as amended from time to time.

"piece-work"

means any system by which earnings are based solely on quantity or output of work done;

“PR Artisan (Practically Recognised Artisan)”

(grade 7 employee) (Chapter I) means an employee

over the age of 22 who is able to prove not less than three years' experience in a trade designated for the Motor Industry or, with the approval of the Regional Council concerned, experience in some other trade, and who under the supervision of a artisan performs work in the designated trade in which he has had the experience or, with the approval of the Regional Council concerned, in some other trade related to the activities covered by the definition of Motor Industry in this Agreement or an employee who is able to prove to the satisfaction of the Regional Council concerned not less than three and a half years' experience as a repair shop assistant, body shop assistant, motor cycle mechanic's assistant, auto electrician's assistant or diesel pump room assistant with any employer in the Motor Industry as defined;

[Note - Regarding the proof required of three and a half years' experience a certificate of service shall be issued by the employer in which it is certified that the employee concerned had served either as a repair shop assistant, body shop assistant, motor cycle mechanic's assistant, auto-electrician's assistant or diesel pump room assistant, which certificate in turn shall be verified by the Regional Council concerned and the employee shall submit proof of having attended the proper course at a duly registered group training centre].

“Primary Health Insurance”

means an ethical, accessible, equitable and affordable medical cover for hospitalisation, chronic conditions, day-to-day visits, dentistry, optical and mental health care for employees and their beneficiaries.

"qualified"

in relation to employees set out in the Schedule hereunder, means employees who have had not less than the periods of experience set out in the Schedule:

"Schedule"

"quality controller"

(grade 5 employee) (Chapter III) means an employee who is mainly or exclusively engaged in checking by means of a tape, ruler, or instrument other than a micrometer, any manufactured or semi-manufactured components to ensure that they fall within indicated size limits, and whose action consequent upon such checking, is limited to reporting to a superior: Provided that a quality controller who is paid the prescribed micrometer bonus may use a micrometer in the course of his duties.