Yes employees are entitled to four consecutive months of maternity leave and remain employed whilst on maternity leave. The ME is not required to extend the workplace experience and employment contract by the period taken for maternity leave. The Yes 12-month workplace experience is not a Learnership and the salaries paid to the youth cannot be claimed under Skills Development/Training as is the case with B, C and D programmes
"These clarifications apply to all BEE sector codes under s9(1)," concludes Botha. "This includes the Transport Sector with the exception that paragraphs 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of the Yes initiative Gazette are not applicable to MEs in Transport."