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

Notices

National Textile Bargaining Council: Extension to Non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

Part 2

Annexures

Annexure K: Woven Cotton Textile Products Subsector

E. Employee Benefits

32. 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.