Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)Sectoral DeterminationsSectoral Determination 5 : Learnerships3. Learner's allowances |
| (1) | An employer must pay a learner an allowance calculated in terms of this clause. |
| (2) | Subject to subclause 3, a learner’s allowance must be calculated as a percentage of the qualified wage in accordance with column 3 of Table A. |
| (3) | No learner may be paid less than the applicable allowance specified in column 4 of Table A. |
Table A
|
Existing levels of learnership |
Credit already earned by learner |
Percentage of wage to be paid as allowance |
Minimum allowance per week |
Annual Allowance increase |
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|
2011 (3.7%) |
2012 (6.4%) |
2013 (6.1%) |
2014 (6%) |
2015 4.4%) |
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|
NQF 1 to 2 |
0 – 120 |
35% |
R204.47 |
R212.04 |
R225.61 |
R239.37 |
R253.73 |
R264.89 |
|
|
121 – 240 |
69% |
R408.92 |
R424.05 |
R451.19 |
R478.71 |
R507.43 |
R529.76 |
|
NQF 3 |
0 – 120 |
17% |
R204.47 |
R212.04 |
R225.61 |
R239.37 |
R253.73 |
R264.90 |
|
|
121 – 240 |
40% |
R385.10 |
R399.35 |
R424.91 |
R450.83 |
R477.88 |
R498.91 |
|
|
241 – 360 |
53% |
R630.45 |
R653.78 |
R695.62 |
R738.05 |
R782.33 |
R816.75 |
|
NQF 4 |
0 – 120 |
13% |
R204.47 |
R212.04 |
R225.61 |
R239.37 |
R253.73 |
R264.89 |
|
|
121 – 240 |
25% |
R408.96 |
R424.09 |
R451.23 |
R478.76 |
R507.49 |
R529.82 |
|
|
241 – 360 |
53% |
R630.45 |
R653.78 |
R695.62 |
R738.05 |
R782.33 |
R816.75 |
|
|
361 – 480 |
56% |
R920.09 |
R954.13 |
R1015.19 |
R1077.12 |
R1141.75 |
R1191.99 |
|
NQF 5 to 8 |
0 - 120 |
8% |
R204.45 |
R212.04 |
R225.61 |
R239.37 |
R253.73 |
R264.89 |
|
|
120 – 240 |
18% |
R442.99 |
R459.38 |
R488.78 |
R518.60 |
R549.72 |
R573.91 |
|
|
240 – 360 |
27% |
R662.81 |
R687.33 |
R731.32 |
R775.93 |
R822.49 |
R858.68 |
|
|
361 – 480 |
38% |
R933.74 |
R968.29 |
R1030.26 |
R1093.11 |
R1158.70 |
R1209.68 |
|
|
481 – 600 |
49% |
R1192.70 |
R1236.83 |
R1315.99 |
R1396.27 |
R1480.05 |
R1545.17 |
•NB: Allowances will be subjected to a CPI excluding owners’ equivalent rent for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.
[Sectoral Determination 5, clause 3(3) table A substituted]
| (4) | For the purposes of this clause: |
| (a) | the "qualified wage" is the wage that the employer would pay the learner on obtaining the qualification for which the learnership is registered; |
| (b) | wage" means the amount of money payable to an employee in respect of the hours of work an employee normally works, excluding any overtime. |
