| (1) | During each leave cycle, an employee shall be entitled to a period of three days' paid leave which may be taken— |
| (a) | when the employee's child is born; |
| (b) | when the employee's child is sick; |
| (c) | in the event of the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. |
| (d) | "Parental leave benefits of up to 10 consecutive days per annum, when an employee's child is born, shall be accessed via the Unemployment Insurance Fund, in terms of Section 25A of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, as amended." |
[Clause 18(1)(d) of Part 1 substituted by section 3(1) of Notice No. R. 1585, GG45617, dated 10 December 2021]
| (2) | Before paying an employee for leave in terms of this clause, an employer may require reasonable proof of an event contemplated in sub-clause (1) hereof for which the leave was taken. |
| (3) | An employee's unused entitlement to leave in terms of this clause may be accumulated up to a maximum of six days. |
| (4) | For the purposes of this clause, an employee's "immediate family" means— |
| (a) | the employee's spouse or any other person who cohabits with the employee; and |
| (b) | the employee's parent, adoptive parent, grandparent, child, adopted child, grandchild or sibling. |
