Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)Board NoticesNotice Concerning the Conditions of Employment of Dental Technicians who are Employees3. Payment of Salaries |
| 3.1 | Salaries and other amounts due to an employee shall be paid by an employer in cash or, with the consent of the employee, by cheque, monthly, and not later than 12:00 on the last working day of the month in respect of which payment is due, or on termination of employment if this takes place before the usual payday as prescribed above. |
| 3.2 | Salaries and other amounts due to part-time employees shall be paid by the employer in cash on termination of employment. |
| 3.3 | At the request of an employee an employer shall at the same time of payment of salaries or other amounts due referred to in subclause (1) and (2), supply such employee with a written statement setting out in detail the amounts due and payable to such employee, as well as the amounts and purpose of any deductions made from such amounts. |
| 3.4 | An employer shall not levy any fines against his/her employee nor shall he/she make any deductions from his/her employee's salary: Provided that— |
| (a) | with the written consent of his/her employee, deductions may be made by an employer for insurance-, pension- (as prescribed in Annexure G hereto), provident- or medical aid (as prescribed in Annexure H hereto) funds or for subscriptions to any association or body recognised by the Council as representative of the majority of dental technicians who are employees; |
| (b) | deduction in terms of subclause (4) may be made to reimburse an employer for loss or damage only if— |
| (1) | the employee in writing agrees to the deduction; |
| (2) | the loss or damage occurred in the course of employment and was due to the fault of the employee: |
| (3) | the employer has followed a fair procedure and has given the employee a reasonable opportunity to show why the deduction should not be made; |
| (4) | the total amount of the debt does not exceed the actual amount of the loss or damage; and |
| (5) | the total deductions from the employee's remuneration in terms of this subparagraph, do not exceed ¼ (one quarter) of the employee's remuneration in money; |
| (c) | any amount which an employer by law, ordinance, court order or arbitration award is required or permitted to make, may be deducted from his/her employee's salary. |
| 3.1. | Detailed particulars of all payments of salaries and other amounts and deductions made in respect of his/her employee shall be entered by the employer on a monthly basis in a wage register. Every employee shall sign the register each month opposite the entries made on his/her behalf in such register. A register must be kept by the employer for a period of 3 (three) years from the date of the last entry into the register. |