Basic Guide to Family Responsibility Leave (Learnerships)

Application

1. The Sectoral Determination 5: Learnerships applies to-
   • the employment of a learner –
     • who has concluded a learnership agreement; and
     • who was not employed by the employer party to the learnership agreement when the agreement was concluded; and
   • every employer who employs a learner.

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act applies in respect of any matter not covered by this sectoral determination.

See

• Sectoral Determination 5 : Learnerships

  A sectoral determination establishing conditions of employment and rates of allowances for learners in South Africa

Number of Leave Days

• have been employed for more than 4 months; and
• work for at least 4 days a week for an employer
• are entitled to 3 days’ paid family responsibility leave during each annual leave cycle.
  

Reasons for Leave

• when their children are born,
• when their children are ill,
• in the event of the death of their –
  • spouse or life partner,
  • parent or adoptive parent,
  • grandparent,
  • child or adopted child,
  • grandchild, or
  • sibling.
    

Pay

Proof

Related Links

• Basic Guide to Annual Leave (Learnerships)

  Rules for annual leave as prescribed by Sectoral Determination 5 for learnerships.

• Basic Guide to Maternity Leave (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5 gives pregnant learner workers the right to take maternity leave

• Basic Guide to Pay and Allowances (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5 requires that learners' pay is calculated according to the number of hours worked.

• Basic Guide to Sick Leave (Learnerships)

  Rules for sick leave as prescribed by Sectoral Determination 5 for learnership workers.