Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 5 : Learnerships

3. Learner's allowances

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(1)An employer must pay a learner an allowance calculated in terms of this clause.

 

(2)Subject to subclause 3, a learner’s allowance must be calculated as a percentage of the qualified wage in accordance with column 3 of Table A.

 

(3)No learner may be paid less than the applicable allowance specified in column 4 of Table A.

 

Table A

 

Existing

levels of

learnership

Credit

already

earned by

learner

Percentage

of wage to

be paid as

allowance

Minimum

allowance

per week

Annual Allowance increase

2011

(3.7%)

2012

(6.4%)

2013

(6.1%)

2014

(6%)

2015

4.4%)

NQF 1 to 2

0 – 120

35%

R204.47

R212.04

R225.61

R239.37

R253.73

R264.89

 

121 – 240

69%

R408.92

R424.05

R451.19

R478.71

R507.43

R529.76

NQF 3

0 – 120

17%

R204.47

R212.04

R225.61

R239.37

R253.73

R264.90

 

121 – 240

40%

R385.10

R399.35

R424.91

R450.83

R477.88

R498.91

 

241 – 360

53%

R630.45

R653.78

R695.62

R738.05

R782.33

R816.75

NQF 4

0 – 120

13%

R204.47

R212.04

R225.61

R239.37

R253.73

R264.89

 

121 – 240

25%

R408.96

R424.09

R451.23

R478.76

R507.49

R529.82

 

241 – 360

53%

R630.45

R653.78

R695.62

R738.05

R782.33

R816.75

 

361 – 480

56%

R920.09

R954.13

R1015.19

R1077.12

R1141.75

R1191.99

NQF 5 to 8

0 - 120

8%

R204.45

R212.04

R225.61

R239.37

R253.73

R264.89

 

120 – 240

18%

R442.99

R459.38

R488.78

R518.60

R549.72

R573.91

 

240 – 360

27%

R662.81

R687.33

R731.32

R775.93

R822.49

R858.68

 

361 – 480

38%

R933.74

R968.29

R1030.26

R1093.11

R1158.70

R1209.68

 

481 – 600

49%

R1192.70

R1236.83

R1315.99

R1396.27

R1480.05

R1545.17

 

•NB: Allowances will be subjected to a CPI excluding owners’ equivalent rent for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.

 

[Sectoral Determination 5, clause 3(3) table A substituted]

 

(4)For the purposes of this clause:
(a)the "qualified wage" is the wage that the employer would pay the learner on obtaining the qualification for which the learnership is registered;
(b)wage" means the amount of money payable to an employee in respect of the hours of work an employee normally works, excluding any overtime.