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

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National Textile Bargaining Council

Collective Agreement

Part 1

D: Annual Leave

26. Family Responsibility Leave

 

Unless othenwise specified in the relevant Annexures in Part 2 of this Agreement—

26.1 An employer must grant an employee, during each annual leave cycle, at the request of the employee, three days paid family responsibility leave, subject to—
26.1.1 notification of the birth of the employee's child or that the child is sick; and
26.1.1.1 submission of satisfactory proof of birth in the form of a birth certificate; or of the child's sickness; and
26.1.1.2 such leave for birth being taken at or around the time of the birth of the child, and in any event within one month of the birth;
26.1.2 in the event of death—
26.1.2.1 the death of an immediate family member (defined as own child/brother/sister/spouse/life partner/grandchild/parent or grandparent, including adoptive parent or child); and
26.1.2.2 submission of satisfactory proof of death in the form of a death certificate; and
26.1.2.3 such leave being taken at or around the time of death of the family member, and in any event within one month of the death;
26.2 family responsibility leave is not accumulative;
26.3 payment of any benefit claimed in terms of this clause may be made only after compliance with these provisions.