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Your question
HOw many leave does one get per year?
Under the cited Labour Act regulations, an employee is entitled to 24 working days of paid annual leave per year (for each 12 consecutive months worked), with full remuneration. 1
For fishing-vessel employees, there may also be paid shore leave of one full day for every seven days worked at sea, calculated pro rata for shorter periods. 1
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Labour Act 11 of 2007-Regulations 2025-308
5.1 Annual paid leave The Employee shall be entitled to 24 working days of paid leave per annum with full remuneration in respect of each period of 12 consecutive months worked by the Employee. 5.2 Off season leave 5.2.1 The Employee shall be entitled to ____ days of off season leave with full remuneration as per the agreement negotiated by both Parties. 5.2.2 Off season days shall be taken during the closed season, where applicable, or during the period where the vessel is undergoing repair or long refit or is not operating for any other reasons which have been spelled out in the agreement mentioned in subsection (1). 5.3 Shore leave 5.3.1 The Employee shall be entitled to paid shore leave...
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
(c) If an employee is absent from duty on account of illness for a continuous period of more than three days, sick leave may be granted to him only if he submits a certificate from a medical practitioner or a dental practitioner in which the nature of the illness is clearly defined and in which it is declared that such employee is unable to perform his duties of office and which also indicates what period is necessary for his recovery (hereinafter called a certificate of indisposition). (d) The council may in its discretion require the submission of a certificate of indisposition also in respect of periods of three days or less. (e) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary the council...
Labour Act 11 of 2007-Regulations 2025-308
5.1 Annual Paid leave 5.1.1 The Employee shall be entitled to _____ working days of leave per month worked by the Employee during the period of validity of the contract of employment. 5.2.2 If the period of validity of the contract does not begin on the first day of a month and does not end on the last day of another month, the number of leave days accrued by the Employee for the first and last months of the contract of employment should be only a pro-rata portion of the number of leave days specified in section 5.1.1 of this contract of employment. 5.2 Shore leave 5.2.1 The Employee shall be entitled to paid shore leave calculated as follows: (a) one full day for every seven days worked at...
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
a x 7 5 In the above-mentioned formulae a represents the number of days leave granted under subregulation (a) (fractions of a day are to be left out of account). [Subregulation (1) is amended by GN 10/1970 and substituted by GN 162/1971.] (2) [Subregulation (2) is deleted by GN 162/ 1971.]
National Road Safety Act 9 of 1972-Regulations 1973-1100
without pay not exceeding 15 days in the aggregate in a month, shall count for the purpose of leave accrual. If the leave without pay is i n excess of the number of days mentioned herein - (a) the month in which such excess occurs shall not be regarded as service for the purposes of regulation 66 (1); and (b) the number of days provided for in respect of sick leave with full pay and sick leave with half pay applicable to an officer or employee in terms of regulation 63(1) shall be reduced by one thirty-sixth in respect of each such excess and deducted from the leave accruing during the particular cycle of 3 years in which such excess occurs, or, if the available sick leave for the particular...
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
(5) An employee to whom sick leave is granted on half pay or without pay and who has the necessary vacation leave to his credit may choose whether he wishes to take vacation leave in place of sick leave on half pay or without pay. (6) Any period of absence on account of illness whether on full pay or half pay shall in all respects be deemed to be service. [Subregulation (6) is substituted by GN 162/1971. ] (7) In granting sick leave the period of absence shall be calculated from the first working day on which the employee is absent from work until and including the working day preceding the working day on which he assumes duty and shall include Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays falling...
But what if he only works 2 days a week?
The supplied extracts do not state a specific leave entitlement for an employee who ordinarily works only two days per week. They refer to calculations where an employee’s working week changes-such as working one or two more days per week-and define “a” as the leave credit immediately before that change. 145
The extracts do state that, for employees on a five-day week, public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are excluded from leave; for a six-day week, public holidays and Sundays are excluded; and for a seven-day week, only public holidays are excluded. 6 They do not say how leave is calculated for a regular two-day working week.
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Where this answer comes from
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
working days — where the employee works one working day a working week more; a + b
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
130 working days where the employee works a five-day working week.
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
156 working days where the employee works a six-day working week.
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
working days — where the employee works two working days a working week more; For the purpose of this formula – a = the employee’s leave credit on the day before the change in his working week, and
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
Provided that - (a) Where an employee, because of a change in his working week, works more days a working week, his leave credit shall be calculated according to the formula below (leaving fractions of a day out of account): a + b
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
working week, public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays shall not be included in the leave period; in the case of employees working a six-day working week, public holidays and Sundays shall not be included and in the case of employees working a seven-day working week only public holidays shall not be included in the leave period.
And can the employer pay money instead of granting that leave?
Only for bonus leave. The council may choose to pay cash instead of granting bonus leave, up to one day’s pensionable salary and allowances for each day of bonus leave credited to the employee. 3
The supplied provisions do not authorise cash payment instead of sick leave, vacation leave, study leave, or other special leave. For sick leave on half pay or without pay, the employee may instead elect to use accrued vacation leave. 1
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Where this answer comes from
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
(5) An employee to whom sick leave is granted on half pay or without pay and who has the necessary vacation leave to his credit may choose whether he wishes to take vacation leave in place of sick leave on half pay or without pay. (6) Any period of absence on account of illness whether on full pay or half pay shall in all respects be deemed to be service. [Subregulation (6) is substituted by GN 162/1971. ] (7) In granting sick leave the period of absence shall be calculated from the first working day on which the employee is absent from work until and including the working day preceding the working day on which he assumes duty and shall include Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays falling...
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
(iii) Study leave may be granted only twice in respect of the same subject or year. OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSES: (2) (i) Special leave with or without pay may be granted to employees under the following circumstances: Provided that where leave without pay is taken by any employee his salary increase date and the date on which his leave bonus is payable shall be extended by the same number of days and that leave without pay shall not be deemed to be service for the calculation of an employee’s leave credit - (a) Without pay if an employee has no vacation leave to his credit and the council is satisfied that extraordinary circumstances exist which justify the granting of leave; (b) an employee who...
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
continuous service and with due allowance for such circumstances as it may deem fit: Provided that - (a) bonus leave shall not be granted before an employee has completed at least five years of continuous service (leave without pay excluded) with the council concerned; (b) not more than 90 days bonus leave for the first five years continuous service and thereafter 18 days for every completed year of continuous service (leave without pay excluded) shall accrue to any employee; (c) bonus leave shall not accrue in respect of periods in which leave without pay is taken; (d) the council may in granting bonus leave take into account a period of continuous service of not more than five years before...
National Road Safety Act 9 of 1972-Regulations 1973-1100
of leave of absence, of allowances or remuneration other than salary or wage shall be decided by the Council. Provisions Regarding Granting of Leave of Absence
National Road Safety Act 9 of 1972-Regulations 1973-1100
(c) If the Director or in the case of the Director the Chairman is satisfied that the absence of the officer or employee is bona fide due to illness and that there are good reasons for the non-production of a medical certificate he may waive the submission of a medical certificate by the officer or employee in respect of sick leave for a continuous period not exceeding 14 days. Such exemption shall be endorsed on the leave application. (5) Sick leave, with or without pay, in respect of which a certificate mentioned in subregulation (4) is not submitted, may be granted only for an aggregate of 10 days during any year ending on 31 December and any further absences shall be covered by the grant...
National Road Safety Act 9 of 1972-Regulations 1973-1100
(a) when he writes any examination which in the opinion of the Director is relative to the objects of the Council: In addition the Director may, in his discretion, grant to an officer or employee special leave with full pay equivalent to the number of days on which he writes examinations, to prepare himself for the examinations; (b) when he is absent from duty as a result of segregation or isolation on medical instructions where he was in contact with a person who has contracted, or is suspected of having contracted, an infectious or contagious disease. The granting of special leave under this paragraph is subject to the submission of a certificate by a registered medical practitioner indica...