ANNUAL SHUTDOWN DECEMBER 2010

Members are already enquiring from the Association what procedures are recommended for the Annual Holiday period in December/January.

The Association is not in a position to be prescriptive regarding this period, but provides the following information for the benefit of Members.

The minimum entitlement of employees is as follows:

1.) Every employee is entitled, under the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, to at least 21 consecutive days (i.e. 15 working days) leave of absence on full pay in respect of each period of 12 consecutive month’s employment.

2.) In addition this leave must be extended by an extra working day on full pay for each Public Holiday which falls on what otherwise would have been a normal working day during the leave period.

3.) This year there are two Public Holidays which occur in December 2010 which fall on normal working days, namely –

• Thursday 16 December 2010
• and Monday 27 December 2010

The Total Leave Entitlement Therefore Is 15 Working Days, Exclusive of the 2 Public Holidays

4.) This would enable enterprises to have their last working day on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 and recommence work on Monday 10 January 2011.

Bruce Lyle | Membership Services Manager