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The leave dispensation for the granting of family responsibility leave is set out in Circular 59/2003 of 6 March 2003. |
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Following on the audit of family responsibility leave by the Auditor-General, the Western Cape Education Department has concluded that not all office-based educators are familiar with the measures applicable to family responsibility leave. For this reason, the measures regarding family responsibility leave are communicated in this circular.
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Family responsibility leave in the event of sickness or birth
An office-based educator shall be granted a maximum of *5 working days' leave with full pay per annual leave cycle if |
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his spouse or life partner gives birth, or |
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his or her child, spouse or life partner is sick.
*NOTE: Resolution 1/2012 changed the maximum number of working days to 5 days. |
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Family responsibility leave in the event of death
An office-based educator shall be granted a maximum of 5 working days' leave with full pay per annual leave cycle if the educator's
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child, spouse or life partner dies, or |
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immediate family member dies.
NOTE: An immediate family member, as newly defined in Resolution 1/2012, is the employee's parent, adoptive parent, parent-in-law, sister- and brother-in-law, grandparent, child, adopted child, stepchild, grandchild or sibling.
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The office-based educator is required to submit documentary proof to confirm any of the aforementioned occasions for which leave is applied. |
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It must be emphasised that the maximum number of days indicated above is per annual leave cycle, and not per occasion. |
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The number of days allocated for family responsibility leave may not be accumulated and is not deducted from the office-based educator's capped leave. |
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An office-based educator who has already used all his or her family responsibility leave may apply for |
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his or her available annual/capped leave and/or |
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unpaid leave. (The measures with regard to the granting of unpaid leave are provided in
Circular 66/2003.) |
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Please bring this circular to the attention of all office-based educators, including those on leave, and have them sign and date it. |
SIGNED: PA VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2013:02:01
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