Whenever there is an increase in public service remuneration packages, the employer may grant not more than comparable increases in the remuneration packages of its employees. The Commission may require an employee to do work outside the normal working hours. If an employee is required to perform duties away from his or her office, such employee is entitled to be reimbursed in respect of travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses on the basis of and at the nearest comparable rates applicable in the public service. An employee is entitled to 21 normal working days vacation leave on full remuneration, per year of employment calculated on an annual leave cycle which commences immediately following an employee's commencement of employment or the completion of that employee's prior annual leave cycle. An employee may accumulate and transfer not more than 15 days vacation leave from one annual leave cycle to future leave cycles.
Vacation leave is taken on days agreed upon between the employer and the employee.
An employee is entitled to 60 days sick leave on full remuneration during every 36 months of employment, but an employee will only be entitled to one day's paid sick leave for every 26 days worked during the first six months of employment. An employee must submit a certificate from a medical practitioner or any other proof substantiating absence from work on grounds of illness when applying for sick leave for more than two consecutive days or when required to do so by the employer. In the case of serious illness confirmed by a written medical report, the employer in its discretion, may in addition grant to the employee a further period of not more than sixty days of sick leave at half pay during every 36 months of employment. An employee is entitled to four consecutive months' maternity leave. An employee who has been in employment for longer than four months may be granted special leave with full remuneration when the employee needs to write a formal qualification examination and such special leave may not be more than two days in respect of each examination paper.