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

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National Bargaining Council of SA Leather Industry

General Goods and Handbag Section

Collective Agreement

14. Licensing of Learners on certain Operations

 

(1) An application for permission to employ a learner upon the following operations:
(a) Travelling requisites: -corner stitching, cutting (Class I), power guillotining, rotary cutting and wood machining (Class I).
(b) Saddlery Department - saddle making

must be made to the Council on the form prescribed by the Council.

 

(2) The approved licence shall be signed by the Secretary of the Council and shall show the learner’s name and age, the operation on which he is employed, the minimum wage payable to him, the name of the employer and the period during which the licence shall be valid.

 

(3) The Council may, if it deems fit, withdraw a licence of a learner with one weeks= notice to the employer and the employee.

 

(4) The employer shall give a duplicate of a licence to the employee.

 

(5) For the purpose of determining the minimum wage of a learner, the length of all his service in the Industry shall be taken into consideration.

 

(6) The employment of a licensed learner may not be terminated either by the employee or employer without Council approval.

 

(7) When the employee has completed his learnership, the Council shall issue a certificate to this effect to the employee.

 

(8) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, a learner who, whether before or during the currency of this Agreement was engaged at a higher rate than that prescribed for one of his experience shall be paid increments as though he had been by experience entitled to be paid at the rate at which he was engaged.

 

(9) The Secretary of the Council shall maintain a register of all licences issued in terms of this clause and the Secretaries of each District Committee shall in addition maintain a register of all licences issued in their respective areas, and in addition, the agents of the Council shall submit to the District Committee concerned a report on the progress of licensed learners in their respective areas at lease once in every six months. Where a District Committee is satisfied that a learner is not receiving proper training, it may recommend to the Council cancellation of such learner’s licence.