Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesSouth African Road Passenger Bargaining CouncilExtension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective Agreement19. Sick Leave |
| 19.1 | Sick leave cycle means the period of 36 months' employment with the same Employer immediately following: |
| 19.1.1 | an Employee's commencement of employment; or |
| 19.1.2 | the completion of the Employee's prior sick leave cycle. |
| 19.2 | During every sick leave cycle, an Employee is entitled to an amount of paid sick leave equal to the number of days the Employee would normally work during a period of six weeks. |
| 19.3 | Despite sub-clause 19.2, during the first six months of employment, an Employee is entitled to one day's paid sick leave for every 26 days worked. |
| 19.4 | During an Employee's first sick leave cycle, an Employer may reduce the Employee's entitlement to sick leave in terms of sub-clause 19.2 by the number of days' sick leave taken in terms of sub-clause 19.3. |
| 19.5 | An Employer must pay an Employee for a day's sick leave: |
| 19.5.1 | the basic wage the Employee would ordinarily have received for the ordinary hours of work on that day; and |
| 19.5.2 | on the Employee's usual payday. |
| 19.6 | An agreement may reduce the pay to which an Employee is entitled in respect of any day's absence in terms of this clause if: |
| 19.6.1 | the number of days of paid sick leave is increased at least commensurately with any reduction in the daily amount of sick pay; and |
| 19.6.2 | the Employee's entitlement to pay: |
| 19.6.2.1 | for any day's sick leave is at least 75 percent of the basic wage payable to the Employee for the ordinary hours the Employee would have worked on that day; and |
| 19.6.2.2 | for sick leave over the sick leave cycle is at least equivalent to the Employee's entitlement in terms of sub-clause 19.2. |