S.L. 452.101 Art. 4Other leave.

(1) Every employee shall on employment, be entitled to be granted by his employer:

(a) three (3) working days of bereavement leave;

(b) one working day of birth leave;

(c) three (3) working days of marriage leave;

(d) up to one year of injury leave;

(e) jury service leave for as long as necessary;

(f) quarantine leave for any period of quarantine as may be determined by the Superintendent of Public Health or by any other public authority;

(g) that number of working days of special parental bereavement leave which, when added to the bereavement leave established by an applicable Conditions of Work Regulation Order, as the case may be, or in the absence thereof, the bereavement leave established in paragraph (a), amounts to a total of seven (7) working days. The employer has the right to file an application with the Department for a refund of the payment specifically and limitedly related to those working days of special bereavement leave, which application shall be submitted within three (3) months from when the special parental bereavement leave would have been availed of by the employee: Provided that the employer shall not have the right for a refund of the payment related to those working days of bereavement leave established by an applicable Wages Council Wage Regulations Order, as the case may be, or in the absence thereof, the bereavement leave established in paragraph (a): Provided further that in the event that the employer fails to submit an application with the Department for the refund of the payment specifically related to those days of special parental bereavement leave within a period of three (3) months, he shall forfeit the right to receive such refund. Provided further that these specific leave entitlements, with the exception of quarantine leave and special parental bereavement leave shall only apply in the case of an employee who is not covered by an applicable Wages Council Wage Regulation Order.

(2) An employer shall be entitled to request documentation from an employee:

(a) showing when the events referred to in paragraphs (c) and (e) in the previous subregulation are scheduled to occur;

(b) showing that the event referred to in paragraph (d) in the previous subregulation has actually occurred; and

(c) on return to work, showing that the events referred to in paragraphs in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (g) in the previous subregulation have actually taken place.

(3) The entitlement to bereavement leave, birth leave, marriage leave and special parental bereavement leave shall be availed of on the next working day after the occurrence of the relevant event, unless otherwise requested by the employee, who may request a postponement of up to two weeks after the event in compelling circumstances linked to the same event. In such cases the employer shall grant the employee the postponement as requested.