NEW PARENTAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS COME INTO EFFECT

THE NEW leave entitlements under the Labour Laws mendment Act, for parental, adoption and commissioning
parental leave, came into effect on Januar y 1.

Webber Wentzel reports that the legislation was passedlast year.

The law firm says the entitlements are for unpaid leave. Employees are eligible to apply to the Unemployment Insurance Fund for income replacement benefits during the leave period.

1. Parental leave: an employee who is a parent of a child is entitled to 10 consecutive days' leave, which can be taken from the day on which the child is born, or on the date on which an adoption order is granted, or on the day that the child is placed with the prospective adoptive parents.
2. Adoption leave: an employee who is an adoptive parent of a child below the age of 2 is entitled to 10 consecutive weeks of leave. It can be taken from the date on which an adoption order is granted, or on the day that the child is placed with the prospective adoptive parents. The other parent will be entitled
3. to parental leave.
4. Commissioning parental leave:an employee who is a commissioning parent in a surrogate motherhood agreement is entitled to 10 consecutive weeks of leave.

| ORNICO - StaffReporter (11 JAN 2020)

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Black and White - an adoption storytelling event

We wanted to share this email we received from Dannean Krige

Good evening,

I wanted to send some information along to you regarding an Adoption Storytelling event that is coming from Cape Town to Johannesburg in July. Thola and Vanda are mother and daughter and they share their story, together, in a relaxed setting. I am personally very excited to attend and wanted to share this with anyone who may be interested.