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

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6. Leave

6.3. Maternity Leave

 

(1) Female employees with not less than one year’s continuous service with the same employer are entitled to maternity leave of 16 weeks, beginning 4 weeks before the expected date of birth until 12 weeks after the date of birth.

 

(2) An employee who will require maternity leave will give her employer a medical certificate, indicating the expected date of birth, at least 3 months before such date.

 

(3) An employee who is on maternity leave will notify her employer whether she will return to work after maternity leave and such notice will be given 4 weeks after the birth of the child. If she does not give such notice, the employer may terminate her service without notice.

 

(4) An employee who returns to work after maternity leave is entitled to be re-engaged on at least the prescribed rate of pay for the operation that she worked on before she went on maternity leave, but her employer does not have to re-engage her on the same operation.