Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act No. 56 of 1981)Chapter 6 : General Provisions44. Records to be kept |
| 1) | Every employer upon whom a contract of apprenticeship is binding and every employer who employs a trainee or, in a designated trade, a minor other than an apprentice shall - |
| a) | at all times keep in respect of every apprentice or trainee concerned and every such minor a record of the remuneration paid, of the time worked, of any unauthorized absence from work or the attendance of compulsory training courses and of such other particulars as may be determined from time to time by the training board concerned, including, without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of this subsection, particulars of the progress made by such apprentice, trainee or minor in any prescribed course of training and the steps taken by the employer to carry out any conditions prescribed in terms of section 13(2)(g) ; and |
| b) | furnish to every apprentice or trainee concerned and every such minor so employed a logbook in the form determined from time to time by the training board concerned. |
| 2) |
| a) | The records referred to in subsection (1)(a) shall be kept in the form and manner determined from time to time by the training board concerned. |
| b) | Any apprentice, trainee or minor referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall at the stages determined from time to time by the training board concerned enter in the logbook furnished to him in terms of the said subsection, such particulars of the practical training received by him as may be required. |
| 3) | Every person who is or has been an employer referred to in subsection (1) shall retain any record made in terms of that subsection for a period of three years subsequent to the date of the record, and shall on demand by a training adviser or authorised person made at any time during the said period of three years produce the said record for inspection. |
| 4) | [Subsection (4) deleted by the Manpower Training Amendment Act, No. 39 of 1990]. |
| 5) | [Subsection (5) deleted by the Manpower Training Amendment Act, No. 39 of 1990] |