Basic Guide to Family Responsibility Leave

by Zopedol — last modified 2012-08-06 13:41

Workers my take up to 3 days of paid leave a year to attend to certain family responsibilities.

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act applies to all employers and workers, but not -

members of the -
- National Defence Force,
- National Intelligence Agency, or
- South African Secret Service; or
unpaid volunteers working for charity.

The section of the Act that regulate working hours does not apply to:

workers in senior management
sales staff who travel and regulate their own working hours
workers who work less than 24 hours in a month
workers who earn in excess of an amount stated in terms of section 6 (3) of the Act
- workers engaged in emergency work are excluded from certain provisions.
workers engaged in emergency work are excluded from certain provisions.

Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Applies to all employers and workers and regulates leave, working hours, employment contracts, deductions, pay slips, and termination

Workers Excluded from Family Responsibility Leave

The provisions for family responsibility leave do not apply to workers who work less than -

Full time workers may take 3 days of paid family responsibility leave during each annual leave cycle (12 month periods from date of employment).

Family responsibility leave expires at the end of the annual cycle.

Based on Legislation in Section 27, of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

You may take family responsibility leave:

Based on Legislation in , of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

Employers may require reasonable proof of the birth, illness or death for which a worker requests leave.

Based on Legislation in , of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act