Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing IndustryKwaZulu NatalExtension to Non-Parties of the Main Collective AgreementPart 130. Sick Leave |
| (1) | An employer shall grant an employee who is absent from work through incapacity, the following sick leave; |
| (a) | 10 working days' paid sick leave during any period of 12 consecutive months of employment : Provided that:— |
| (b) | during the first 12 months of employment, an employee shall be entitled to 1 (one) day paid sick leave for every 26 days worked. |
| (2) | An employer may require the employee to produce a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner stating the following: |
| (a) | the nature of the illness; and |
| (b) | the duration of the employees incapacity. |
| (3) | In the event that an employee has, during any period of eight weeks received sick pay in terms of this Clause on two or more occasions without producing a medical certificate, his employer may during a period of eight weeks immediately succeeding the last payment, require him to produce a medical certificate in respect of absence from work. |
| (4) | If an employee is absent from work one day before and / or one day after a paid public holiday without producing a valid medical certificate signed by a medical practitioner, the employee shall not be entitled to payment of either the day before or after the paid public holiday, or both. |
| (5) | The same rule as in sub-clause (4) above shall apply read with the changes to the context, if an employee is absent without a valid medical certificate on either a Friday and / or a Monday. |