February 2021

The sick leave entitlement is the number of days that an employee would normally work during a six-week period, in every three-year cycle, calculated from

Many employers have a shutdown period over December. If this is the case, the employer is entitled to stipulate that annual leave must be taken

The employer is prohibited by section 20 (11) from paying an employee for annual leave except upon termination of employment.

The employer may not force and employee to take annual leave during any period of notice, and the employee is prohibited from taking annual leave

Should the annual leave be carried over from one cycle to the next, and the employee has still not taken his annual leave from the

The employee is entitled to take whatever leave he has accumulated in an annual leave cycle, on consecutive days. This means that if an employee

Should a public holiday fall during a period whilst an employee is on annual leave, and the public holiday falls on the day on which

An alternative method of calculating annual leave has been provided for in the Act, and it would seem that the intention of the legislator, in

If the employee is working a five-day week, then the annual leave will accrue at the rate of 1,25 days per month, and if the

The Act states that the provisions for annual leave do not apply to an employee who works less than 24 hours per month for an