Section 30:
Annual leave with wages.
(1) Every worker shall be allowed leave with wages for a number of
days calculated at the rate of
(a) if an adult, one day for every twenty days of work performed by him, and
(b) if a young person, one day for every fifteen days of work performed by him.
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3[Explanation 1].--For the purposes of calculating leave under this sub-section,--
(a) any day on which no work or less than half a day's work is performed shall not be counted;
and
(b) any day on which half or more than half a day's work is performed shall be counted as one
day.]
4[Explanation 2.--The leave admissible under this sub-section shall be exclusive of all holidays,
whether occurring during, or at either and of the period of leave.]
(2) If a worker does not in any one period of twelve months take the whole of the leave allowed to
him under sub-section (1), any leave not taken by him shall be added to the leave to be allowed to him
under that sub-section in the succeeding period of twelve months.
(3) A worker shall cease to earn any leave under this section when the earned leave due to him
amounts to thirty days.
3[(4) If the employment of a worker who is entitled to leave under this section is terminated by the
employer before he has taken the entire leave to which he is entitled, the employer shall pay him the
amount payable under section 31 in respect of the leave not taken, and such payment shall be made before
the expiry of the second working day after such termination.]
Notes:
1. The proviso omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 6 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
3. The existing Explanation numbered as Explanation 1 thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
4. Ins. by s. 11. ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).