Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)Sectoral DeterminationsSectoral Determination No 5: Learnerships9. Ordinary hours of work |
| (1) | Subject to clauses 8 to 18, an employer may not require or permit a learner to work more than: |
| (a) | 45 hours in any week; and |
| (b) | nine hours in any day if the learner works for five days or fewer in week; or |
| (c) | eight hours in any day if the learner works on more than five days in a week. |
| (2) | A learner's ordinary hours of work in terms of subclause (1) may by agreement be extended by up to 15 minutes in a day but not more than 60 minutes in a week to enable a learner whose duties include serving members of the public to continue performing those duties after the completion of ordinary hours of work. |