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how many sick leave days a year ?
For employees covered by the Labour Act, paid sick leave is up to 30 working days in each 3-year cycle if they ordinarily work five days per week, or 36 working days per 3-year cycle if they ordinarily work six days per week. During the first year of employment, entitlement is one sick-leave day for every 26 days worked. This is a three-year entitlement rather than a fixed number of days per year. 4
Different rules apply to some public-sector categories. Local-authority employees may receive 120 days on full pay plus 120 days on half pay per 3-year cycle; public-service employees receive, depending on their category, 60/60, 90/90, or 120/120 days on full pay/half pay per cycle. 2 5
For fishers on land, the applicable regulation states a maximum of 36 working days’ paid sick leave in a 3-year cycle. 1
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Labour Act 11 of 2007-Regulations 2025-308
and (b) thereafter, a maximum of 36 working days of paid sick leave in a 3-year cycle. 5.4.2 Paid sick leave for an absence longer than two (2) consecutive working days for fishers on land shall not be paid unless this absence is supported by a valid
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
(1) (a) All employees may be granted sick leave at 120 days on full pay and 120 days on half pay within a cycle of three years which, subject to the provisions of subregulation (9), shall be calculated from the date of beginning of such employee’s continuous service. [Paragraph (a) is amended by GN 10/1970.] (b) Sick leave accrues to an employee on the first day of a cycle and as from that day the full complement for the cycle concerned may be granted to him: Provided that to no employee sick leave on full or half pay may be granted before he has completed thirty days service which shall count as service for leave purposes, and then only in respect of absences after completion of such servic...
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...
Labour Act 11 of 2007
Republic of Namibia 33 Annotated Statutes Labour Act 11 of 2007 Schedule: Transitional Provisions (b) not less than 36 working days, if the employee ordinarily works six days during the week; and (c) not less than the number of working days calculated on a pro rata basis, if the employee ordinarily works fewer than five days during a week, but an employee is entitled to one day’s sick leave for every 26 days worked during the employee’s first year of employment. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the sick leave days to which an employee who does not ordinarily work a fixed number of days per week is entitled must be calculated annually on the basis of the average number of days worke...
Public Service Act 13 of 1995-Regulations 1981-0028
(c) Sick Leave - Number of days sick leave per cycle Full Pay Half Pay (i) Incumbents of posts of General Assistant Grade VIII and lower grades 60 60 (ii) Persons employed at educational and training institutions which close completely during periods when instruction is suspended 90 90 (iii) All other officers and employees 120 120 Accrual of Vacation Leave C15. 1 Subject to the provisions of regulation C8.2, accumulative vacation leave, excluding accumulative vacation leave placed to a person’s credit in terms of regulation C14.1(b)(i)(bb), shall accrue in respect of each completed month of service at the rate of one twelfth of the provision applicable to any officer or employee under regul...
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...