Meal breaks and rest periods

You must have a meal break of 60 minutes after 5 hours’ work. A written agreement may lower this to 30 minutes and do away with the meal break if you work less than 6 hours a day. You must have a daily rest period of 12 continuous hours and a weekly rest period of 36 continuous hours. Unless otherwise agreed, this must include Sundays.

Sick Leave

You can take up to 6 weeks’ paid sick leave during a 36-month cycle.

During the first 6 months of starting at a company, you can take 1 day’s paid sick leave for every 26 days you’ve worked. An employer may want a medical certificate before paying you when you’re sick for more than 2 days at a time or more than twice in 8 weeks.

This is in South Africa… The US is fucked up and sets a bad example and precedent for the rest of the world. Corporate right wing America unfortunately seems to be a mind virus that’s spreading…