Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering IndustriesExtension of the Consolidated Main Collective Agreement to Non-parties (for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2024)Part I42. Family Responsibility Leave |
| (1) | This section applies to an employee who has been in the employ of the same employer for four months or longer. |
| (2) | An employer must, at the request of the employee, grant the employee three days’ paid leave, during each annual leave cycle, which the employee is entitled to take— |
| (i) | When the employee’s child is born; |
| (ii) | When the employee’s child is sick; |
| (iii) | When the employee’s spouse is sick; or |
| (iv) | In the event of the death of— |
| (a) | the employee’s spouse or life partner; or |
| (b) | the employee’s parent, adoptive parent, parent in-law, grandparent, child, adopted child, grandchild or sibling. |
| (3) | An employee may take family responsibility leave in respect of the whole or a part of a day. |
| (4) | Before paying an employee for this leave an employer may require reasonable proof of the event contemplated in (2) above for which the leave was required. |
| (5) | An employee’s unused entitlement to leave in terms of clause (2) above, accrues to a maximum of nine days paid leave over a three-year period of employment. This accrued leave may be used in the event of the death of any of the persons detailed in (2)(iv) above. |
| (6) | Periods of absence whilst on family responsibility leave, shall not count for paid leave in terms of section 12 above. |
| (7) | For the purpose of this clause, "child" means a person who is under 18 year of age. |
| (8) | An employee shall be entitled to parental, adoption or commissioning parental leave as provided for in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, as amended. |
