Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council

Extension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective Agreement

21. Leave for Terminally Ill Employees

Purchase cart Previous page Return to chapter overview Next page

 

A terminally ill Employee who requires treatment designed to counter the effects of the defined condition will be provided with terminally ill leave subject to the following conditions:

 

21.1The leave will be made available solely for the purpose of hospitalisation or treatment that will require more than 2 days of absence as prescribed by a company appointed and/or approved certified specialist physician.

 

21.2The Employee will be allowed a maximum of 18 working days leave in any one year at normal basic rates of pay.

 

21.3The Employee must, prior to any leave being granted in terms of this clause, first have exhausted all his/her sick leave.

 

21.4An Employee will be required to provide the Employer with prior notice of every treatment session as well as written proof, from the institution providing the prescribed treatment, of having undergone such treatment.

 

21.5Where companies provide sick leave in excess of the combined benefits that would accrue from clause 18 of this agreement and this clause, Employees working for such companies will not be entitled to the terminally ill benefit as provided for herein.

 

21.6Leave provided in terms of this clause is not cumulative.