Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Textile Bargaining Council: Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective AgreementPart 2AnnexuresAnnexure K: Woven Cotton Textile Products SubsectorE. Employee Benefits32. Registered Learnership |
| 32.1 | The total number of registered section 18.2 (Skills Development Act, 1998 [as amended]) learners shall at no time be more than 10% of the total number of permanent employees. |
| 32.2 | All learnership agreements shall contain a clause offering permanent employment on the completion of a learnership for learners referred to in sub-clause 32.1, subject to available appropriate vacancies and provided that retrenchees shall be granted first preference. |
| 32.3 | No learnership agreement shall contain a provision requiring compulsory overtime work (unless such overtime forms part of an agreed shift pattern), compulsory work during protected industrial action, and/or deductions from any statutory or retirement funds. |
| 32.4 | No permanent worker shall be retrenched and replaced by a learner. |
| 32.5 | All employers shall comply with SETA policy relating to learnerships, unless such policy is amended by a collective agreement. |
| 32.6 | The ratio of time spent on theoretical versus practical training, for each learner, shall be a ratio determined in accordance with SETA policy and guidelines. |
| 32.7 | Employers shall provide a quarterly report to the Shop Stewards' Committee at each company, setting out progress on the learnership programmes operative at each company. |