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Work and Employment > Basic Conditions of Employment (BCEA) > Summary of Provisions in the BCEA > Unpaid Leave
Work and Employment
Basic Conditions of Employment (BCEA)
Summary of Provisions in the BCEA
Unpaid Leave
Prohibition of Victimisation and Exploitation
Administration
Notice
Absent Without Leave
Maternity Leave
Family Responsibility Leave
Sick Leave
Annual Leave
Leave
Daily and Weekly Rest Periods
Deductions from Wages
Payment of Wages in Kind
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Unpaid Leave

An employer may agree to let an employee take extra days of annual leave, or the employee may be sick for longer than the paid sick leave. Then the employer does not have to pay the employee for these days and this is known as Unpaid Leave.

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