Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)Board NoticesNotice Concerning the Conditions of Employment of Dental Technicians who are Employees2. Remuneration |
| 2.1 | Salary |
The monthly minimum basic starting salary to be paid by the employer for every newly qualified dental technician employee shall be as determined by the Council from time to time.
| 2.2 | Calculation of salary |
| (a) | The hourly salary of an employee shall be his/her weekly salary divided by the number of ordinary hours of work which he/she ordinarily works in a week. |
| (b) | The daily salary of an employee, shall be his/her weekly salary divided by 5 (five). |
| (c) | The weekly salary of an employee shall be his/her monthly salary divided by 4 (four) and 1/3 (one third). |
| 2.3 | Part-time employee |
A part time employee shall be paid in respect of the total period worked on any day at a rate of not less than 1 (one) and ½ (one half) times the hourly wage prescribed in subclause (1) read with subclause (2).
| 2.4 | Locum tenens |
A locum tenens shall be paid on an hourly basis and it shall not be based on a total remuneration which is less than that provided for in this clause.
| 2.5 | Subsistence allowance and expenses |
The payment of a subsistence allowance or expenses to an employee who accompanies an employer on trips away from his/her usual place of residence, shall be by mutual arrangement between such employer and employee.
| 2.6 | Pension fund contribution |
A compulsory monthly contribution of 7 (seven) percent of 1/12 (one twelfth) of an employee's pensionable salary shall be deducted by an employer and paid to the South African Dental Technician Employees Pension Fund or the applicable Pension Fund. An employer shall contribute an amount equal to the employee's monthly contribution to the Fund. The rules of the Fund are summarised in Annexure G hereto.
| 2.7 | Medical aid contribution |
An employee shall be entitled to payment by an employer of 50 (fifty) percent of the monthly costs of membership of a medical aid scheme agreed by the employer and the employee, or in the absence of such agreement, the scheme described in Annexure H hereto.