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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering Industries

Main Collective Agreement

Part 2

4. Technical Schedules

Schedule D

Division D/12

Wage Rates Applicable to Operations Scheduled in Division D/12 are Prescribed in Clause 3(a) of Part II of this agreement

Learnership periods and rates of pay therefor

 

 

RATE B

 

Newcomers:

First two months

Refer to table of wage rates

Second two months

Rate D

Third two months

Rate C

Thereafter

Rate B

Employees promoted from Rate C:

First two months

Rate C

Thereafter

Rate B

Employees promoted from Rate D:

First two months

Rate D

Second two months

Rate C

Thereafter

Rate B

 

RATE C

 

Newcomers:

First two months

Refer to table of wage rates

Second two months

Rate D

Thereafter..

Rate C

Employees promoted from Rate D:

First two months

Rate D

Thereafter

Rate C

 

RATE D

 

Newcomers:

First two months

Refer to table of wage rates

Thereafter

Rate D

 

Provided that—

(a) learnership periods and rates of pay as set out above shall apply on condition that where an employee has had not less than two years’ continuous service with the same employer, he shall not be required to serve any learnership period of more than three months;
(b) any employee employed at and qualified for a stated rate shall suffer no reduction in the rate he is receiving on promotion as a learner when the rate indicated in the foregoing table for the new occupation is lower than the rate he is receiving at the time.