Q | In 2023, a Measured Entity had an unemployed Learner enrolled in an NQF 4 Learnership. In 2024 the same Learner was enrolled in an NQF 5 Learnership. Does a continued Learnership constitute Absorption?
A | Schedule 1 of the Amended General B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice defines Absorption as: “…Measured Entity’s ability to successfully secure a long-term contract of employment for the Employee, Learner, Intern or Apprentice.”
Furthermore, “long-term contract of employment” means a legal agreement between an individual and an entity that this individual would work for until his or her mandatory date of retirement;
As the Learner was unemployed and thus did not have a long-term contract of employment before the Learnerships, the Skills Development Scorecard does not recognise Absorption.
The only exception is if a B-BBEE Sector Code of Good Practice defines Absorption differently.
Skills Development Services are available for Members with regards to the concept of Absorption.