Regulations, 2010

L.N. 118 of 2010

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

Minimum Special Leave Entitlement (Amendment)

Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 48 (2) of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Prime Minister has

made the following regulations –

The title of these regulations is the Minimum Special Title.

Leave Entitlement (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Minimum Special Leave

Entitlement Regulations, 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the L.N. 432 of 2007.

principal regulations”.

In regulation 3 of the principal regulations, for sub-

regulation (1) thereof there shall be substituted the following

“(1) A whole-time employee whose entitlements are

not covered by a Wages Council Wage Regulation Order,

shall on employment, be entitled to sick leave, of at least

the equivalent in hours, calculated as provided for in sub-

regulation (3), of two working weeks sick leave in every

calendar year on full pay, less an amount equal to the sum set

for sickness benefit entitlement at the rate established under

the Social Security Act, and part-time employees shall have a

pro rata entitlement to sick leave in hours on full pay, less an

amount equal to the sum set for sickness benefit entitlement

at the rate established under the Social Security Act, which

amount is also to be calculated on a pro rata basis;

Provided that -

(a) the first three days of any claim for sick leave

shall be paid in full by the employer; and

(b) persons in receipt of a social security pension

in respect of retirement or widowhood in terms of the

Social Security Act shall, for the purpose of calculating

the sick leave pay due, be deemed to have received

an amount equal to the sum set for sickness benefit

entitlement at the rate established under the Social

Security Act.”.

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