Reply To: DOES ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE MERIT PAY DEDUCTIONS?

[Ingrid Lewin]

The Court misconstrued the issue as a deduction. This issue is quite simply a case of unauthorised absence of where the principle of “No work no pay” applies. If an employee is absent from work, they are only entitled to be paid if they are sick, if they are on authorised annual leave or if they are on family compassionate leave.