Section 60E (1); An employee shall be entitled to paid annual leave of :
(a) 8 days for every 12 months of continuous service with the same employer if he has been employed by that employer for a period of less than 2 years;
(b) 12 days for every twelve months of continuous service with the same employer if he has been employed by that employer for a period of 2 years or more but less than 5 years; and
(c) 16 days for every twelve months of continuous service with the same employer if he has been employed by that employer for a period of 5 years or more; and if he has not completed 12 months of continuous service with the same employer during the year in which his contract of service terminates, his entitlement to paid annual leave shall be in direct proportion to the number of completed months of service:
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An employee who is on paid annual leave becomes entitled to sick leave or maternity leave while on such annual leave, the employee shall be granted the sick leave or the maternity leave and the annual leave shall be deemed to have not been taken.
If at the request of his employer, the employee agrees in writing not to taken annual leave, he is then entitled to payment in lieu of annual leave.
Sick Leave / Medical Leave
Section 60F (1) EA 1955; An employee shall, after examination at the expense of the employer:
(a) by a registered medical practitioner duly appointed by the employer; or
(b) by any other registered medical practitioner or by a medical officer
If there is no hospitalisation, the number of days of sick leave shall be:
(i) 14 days in each calendar year if the employee has been employed for less than 2 years;
(ii) 18 days in each calendar year if the employee has been employed for 2 years or more but less than 5
In my organization, FMLA entitles an employee up to 12 weeks of leave without pay during any 12-month period. The employee must make a request for family and medical leave under FMLA in writing on an authorized form. The form certifies that the employee understands the reason for the leave. When there is a foreseeable need for unpaid family and medical leave, the employee must give a 30 calendar day notice of intent to take leave. Otherwise, the employee can provide such notice as is practicable. If the need is foreseeable and the employee fails to give 30 calendar days’ notice without a reasonable excuse for the delay of notification, the organization may delay the use of taking family and medical leave until at least 30 days after the date the employee provides...
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Bennett-Alexander, Dawn D. & Hartman, Laura P. (2001). Employment Law for Business (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing. Downloaded February 4, 2008 from the data base of http://www.eeoc.gov
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middle of paper ... ... I think that if a recipient has found a job but is unable to accept the job because of late hours and they have reached their two year mark, then they should have a grace period on their five year time limit until they are unable to find a better job. The recipient may only be granted the grace period if they show documented proof that they have found a job but are unable to accept because of the circumstance of not having childcare during the work hours given.
Overall the Family and Medical Leave Act has raised many issues on whether leave should be encourage and/or paid for by the employers. As of today, no haven policy has been enacted to tackle the challenges surrounding this issue, but positive steps have been taken and one day there will be no question that hard working employees will get the rights they
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