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

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination No 5: Learnerships

12. Averaging of hours of work

 

(1) Despite clauses 9(1) and (2) and 10(1)(b), the ordinary hours of work and overtime of a learner may be averaged over a period of up to four months in terms of a collective agreement.

 

(2) An employer may not require or permit a learner who is bound by a collective agreement in terms of subclause (1) to work more than:
(a) an average of 45 ordinary hours of work in a week over the agreed period;
(b) an average of five hours' overtime in a week over the agreed period;
(c) twelve hours in a day, inclusive of the meal intervals required in terms of clause 13.

 

(3) A collective agreement in terms of subclause (1) lapses after 12 months.

 

(4) Subclause (3) only applies to the first two collective agreements concluded in terms of subclause (1).