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
Existing levels of learnership	Credit already earned by learner	Percentage of wage to be paid as allowance	Minimum allowance per week	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.