LEAVE POLICY

 

Granting of leave of absence

Leave of absence from duty by an educator shall be granted by the employer with dire regard to the requirements of the employer or the education institution concerned.

Leave application forms

Application for leave shall be made on a form approved by the employer.

An educator shall not leave or stay away from work until he/she has applied for leave in writing.

Absence from duty to be recorded as leave

Vacation leave
Sick leave
Special sick leave
Special leave for military training
Special leave for examination purposes
Special leave for quarantine purposes
Special leave for participating in sporting and cultural events
Special leave for urgent private affairs.
Special leave for confinement
Special leave for continuity of service.
Special leave for extra ordinary circumstances

 

General leave measures

 

The period of leave shall commence on the first day on which an educator is absent from duty and shall terminate on the last day immediately preceding the day on which such educator resumes duty.

 

An educator, who wishes to resume duty before a period of leave granted to him/her has expired, shall not do so before having obtained prior approval from the employer.

 

If an educator has to be absent for more than 21 days a substitute educator will be employed that leave forms are submitted timeously.

 

Vacation leave

 

The employer must receive an application for vacation leave 90 days before the date on which the vacation leave commences.

 

Sick leave

 

A certificate from a registered medical practitioner shall support an application for sick leave for a continuous period of more than four days.

Sick leave granted for a absence of four days or less for which no medical certificate is submitted may not exceed a total of 10 days during any calendar year.

 

Leave Register

 

All details on educators’ leave will be recorded in the leave register, which will be kept by the clerical staff.

 

Leave for examinations purposes

 

All applications for leave for examinations purposes must be accompanied by the original timetable for such examination.