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

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

Western Cape

Extension to non-parties of the Main Collective Agreement

Part l

B - Terms and conditions of employment

Clause 29 - Family responsibility leave

 

(1) This clause applies to an Employee:—
(a) who has been in employment with an Employer for longer than four months; and
(b) who works for at least four days a week for that Employer.

 

(2) An Employer must grant an Employee, during each annual leave cycle, at the request of the Employee, a total of 3 days paid leave and 2 days unpaid leave per annum, which the Employee is entitled to take:—
(a) when the Employee's child is sick; or
(b) when the Employee's spouse or life partner is sick; or
(c) in the event of the death of:—
(i) the Employee's spouse or life partner; or
(ii) the Employee's parent, adoptive parent, grandparent, parent in -law, child, adoptive child, grandchild or sibling.

 

(3) Subject to sub -clause (5), an Employer must pay an Employee for a day's family responsibility leave:—
(a) the wage the Employee would ordinarily have received for work on that day; and
(b) on the Employee's usual pay day.

 

(4) An Employee may take family responsibility leave whole or a part of a day. in respect of the whole or a part of a day.

 

(5) Before paying an Employee for leave in terms of this section, an Employer may require reasonable proof of an event contemplated in sub -clause (2), (7) and (8) for which the leave was required.

 

(6) An Employee's unused entitlement to leave in terms of this section lapses at the end of the annual leave cycle in which it accrues.

 

(7) Should a medically certified disabled major or minor child, of an employee, be required to seek medical attention from a health practitioner this will be covered under family responsibility leave.

 

(8) Should an employee accompany their parent to a health practitioner, this would be regarded as unpaid leave.