
(6) Notification in terms of subsection (5) must be given. (5)Ěn employee must notify an employer in writing, unless the employee is unable to do so, of the date on which the employee intends to – (4)Ěn employee who has a miscarriage during the third trimester of pregnancy or bears a stillborn child is entitled to maternity leave for six weeks after the miscarriage or stillbirth, whether or not the employee had commenced maternity leave at the time of the miscarriage or stillbirth. (3) No employee may work for six weeks after the birth of her child, unless a medical practitioner or midwife certifies that she is fit to do so. (b) On a date from which a medical practitioner or a midwife certifies that it is necessary for the employee’s health or that of her unborn child.

(a) At any time from four weeks before the expected date of birth, unless otherwise agreed or (2)Ěn employee may commence maternity leave (1)Ěn employee is entitled to at least four consecutive months’ maternity leave. Section 25 of the Basic Conditions of employment Act 75 of 1997 applies. The remuneration package for SGB appointed personnel can be determined through negotiations between the employer and the employee. Personnel appointed in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act No recognition for previous service will be granted. Should you as Administrative Clerk move from one school to another and it is not a transfer, then you will begin at the lowest notch. Recognition of Private and / or Governing Body Service is also recognised. Should an educator resign or retire and later return on a lower level and has less than 6 years uninterrupted service, such an educator shall be appointed on the entry notch of the applicable post.Any uninterrupted experience of less than 6 years will not be recognised and the educator will be reappointed on the minimum notch of the applicable post.In the event that he/she returns to education service, he/she will be appointed on salary notch 91. Example: A post level 1 educator with 20 years uninterrupted service resigns (salary notch 156). Should an educator with more than 6 years uninterrupted service, resign or retire and return to service on the same post level, such an educator shall be awarded only 6 notches as recognition of previous service.The Collective agreements that were signed on 25 September 2018 in the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC): Recognition of previous service Collective Agreement 2 of this agreement amends par 8.5 of the PAM with effect from 25 September 2018 and has the following effect: Provide proof of your previous service by means of Service Certificates or Departmental Salary slips. Yes, the DoE acknowledges previous service in the State. We will be able to advise if resignation can be an option. It may have negative implications for you.Ĭontact our office before you consider resignation, the re-appointment regulations have changed during September 2018. It may differ from province to province.ĭo not move to the new school without approval and the release letter, even if you really want to report to the new school.


Normally the prosses should be finalised within three months.Ĭontact your current district office to obtain the correct transfer application forms. You MUST stay at your current school until you received this “release letter”. VERY IMPORTANT: You may never move to the new school before you received an official “release” letter from your current district office. Your employer (the Department of Education / District Office) may not approve your application. Your principal may not refuse your application, the principal is your supervisor and not your employer. You may only be transferred with the approval of your current district office in conjunction with the new district office. Normally transfers will not be approved during the fourth term of the school year, but try the prosses, maybe it will be approved. Make copies of all the documentation and hand the originals in at your current district office’s HR division. You must have the forms for the transfer, within the province or inter provincial, be completed by both the principals and the School Governing Bodies.ģ. The new school must have a vacant possession.Ģ.

NB: Every province does have their own policies.ġ.
