Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

National Bargaining Council of SA Leather Industry

Tanning Section

Collective Agreement

4. Employees

4.2. Learners

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(1) An employer who employs a learner on splitting or shaving will obtain a license from the Council by submitting an application on the prescribed form.

 

(2) The Council will issue a license which will contain the learner’s name and age, the operation on which he is employed, the wage rate payable to him, the name of the employer and the period for which the license will apply.

 

(3) The employer will provide the employee with a duplicate copy of the license.

 

(4) To determine the wage rate of a learner, all his previous service in the industry will be taken into account.

 

(5) The Council may withdraw a license by giving one week’s notice to the employer and the employee.

 

(6) When the employee has completed his learnership, the Council will issue a certificate to this effect to the employee.