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1 week’s notice should be given to the remote and flexible working employee. Some employees left their primary residence and are working remotely from other provinces. Some have cancelled their rental properties and will require time to find accommodation. 48 hour notice will not be sufficient.

6.1.2 Remote Working Arrangement

Employees should be allowed 3 days of remote working. We experience a lot of distractions when we work from the office. Here are some examples:

1. Commuting to the office requires one to take some time to recover after arriving in the office. Sitting in traffic is exhausting for everyone.
2. Chatting to colleagues
3. Chairs that are uncomfortable most are even peeling
4. Lifts that do not work delays one from their work
5. Some buildings only have one lift that works
6. Visiting the canteen several times in the day to get good coffee because the company only serves us Ricoffy.
7. Driving outside to get proper food because the canteen only serves traditional food. There aren’t options for vegetarians and those on a healthy diet.

Productivity will be impacted by these. We get more work done from home than in the office.

6.1.2 The SABC cannot contact an employee on his/her phone if they are not paying for it. The employee will be available on email and MS Teams.

6.2.3 Remote working address is not important. Remote working is at any location where an employee is able to work.

6.2.4 The SABC cannot control where an employee’s remote working location is. What is important is that the employee has a quality network connection and is able to work.

2.12 Standard Weekly Hours shall mean standard working hours required per week, as per employees’ terms and conditions of employment. The standard working hours on average is 40 hours per week for SABC employees. Shift workers will not necessarily work the 40 hours every week in comparison to the office workers.

The use of the term ” shift workers ” changes the terms and conditions of the employees as no one is employed as a shift worker.

It should read as ” employees who work in a department that works shifts.” This will be in line with SABC’s own personnel regulations.

2.12 ” will not necessarily work the 40 hours every week.” This is not in line with the Time Management Principles of the SABC. There’s no separation between the employees of the SABC.

Time Management Principles states it clearly on point number 1. ” Employees will be required to work a 40-hour week .”