Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesNational Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry of South Africa:Extension of Consolidation of Collective Agreement to Non-partiesPart I18. Family Responsibility Leave |
| (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. |
| (2) | Before paying an employee for leave in terms of this clause, an employer may require reasonable proof of an event contemplated in subclause (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. |