Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)Regulations for the Administration of the Department of Correctional Services of the Republic of South AfricaChapter VIII : Human Resources and Work Organisation Matters37. Leave and abscondment |
| 1) | Leave of absence may be granted to correctional officials as determined in the "Determination on Leave of Absence in the Public Service" issued by the Minister of the Public Service and Administration in terms of section 3 (3) (c) of the Public Service Act, 1994 and special leave as determined in resolution 2 of 2010 of the Departmental Bargaining Council. |
| 2) | A correctional official who absents himself or herself for 30 consecutive calendar days without permission or without notifying the National Commissioner shall be summarily dismissed. |
| a) | Before dismissing the correctional official, the National Commissioner must endeavour to establish the whereabouts of such official and record such endeavours. |
| b) | If the correctional official reports for duty after the period of absence without permission or without having notified the National Commissioner and being dismissed the correctional official will not be automatically reinstated but the correctional official may submit a written representation to the National Commissioner within five working days from his or her reporting at work as to why he or she should be reinstated or re-employed. |
| c) | The National Commissioner may after considering the written representation, reinstate or re-employ the correctional official in his or her former post or any other post. In the case of reinstatement the period of absence from official duty shall be deemed to be absence on vacation leave without pay or leave on such conditions as the National Commissioner may determine. |