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Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination No 5: Learnerships

20. Pay for annual leave

 

(1) An employer must pay a learner leave pay at least equivalent to the remuneration that the learner would have received for working for a period equal to the period of annual leave, calculated at the learner's rate of remuneration immediately before the beginning of the period of leave.

 

(2) For the purposes of calculating a learner's leave pay, a learner's remuneration:
(a) includes the cash value of any payment in kind that forms part of the learner's remuneration unless the learner receives that payment in kind during the period of leave; but
(b) excludes—
(i) gratuities;
(ii) allowances paid to a learner for the purposes of enabling a learner to work; and
(iii) any discretionary payments not related to the learner's hours of work or work performance.

 

(3) An employer must pay a learner leave pay:
(a) before the beginning of the period of leave; or
(b) by agreement, on the learner's usual pay day.