Basic Guide to Pay Slips (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

Content of Pay Slips

• Employer’s name and address
• Learner’s name and learnership
• Period for which payment is made
• Total salary or wages
• Any deductions
• The actual amount paid
• If relevant to the calculation of pay:
  • Learner’s pay and overtime rates
  • Number of ordinary and overtime hours worked
  • Number of hours worked on Sundays or public holidays
  • Total number of ordinary and overtime hours worked in the period of averaging, if an agreement to average working time has been concluded.
    

Related Links

• Basic Guide to Deductions (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5 allows for deductions from a learner worker’s pay only under certain conditions

• Basic Guide to Overtime (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5: Learnership Workers regulates overtime working hours and pay for such hours.

• Basic Guide to Public Holidays (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5 stipulates the conditions for working on Public Holidays for learnership workers.

• Basic Guide to Working Hours (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5 regulates working hours and rest periods for learnership workers.

• Basic Guide to Working on Sundays (Learnerships)

  Sectoral Determination 5: Learnerships prescribes the wages for working on a Sunday.

• Form BCEA4 - Pay Slip

  Employers must give their workers pay slips so they can keep record of their pay details.