Annual leave calculator

Enter your salary and how many days a week you work. You get your leave days for a full year, the value of a day's leave and, if you add the days worked, the leave you have built up.

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act gives at least 21 days consecutive days of paid leave for each 12-month leave cycle.

How it's calculated

21 days consecutive days are three calendar weeks. On a five-day week that is 15 working days; on a six-day week, 18.
By agreement, leave can also build up at one day for every 17 days days worked. That is also the rule for paying out leave when a job ends.
A day of leave is worth your monthly salary divided by 4,33 weeks and by the days you work in a week.

An example

On R15 000 a month and a five-day week you get 15 working days of leave, worth R692,36 a day.

Frequently asked questions

Can my employer pay me instead of giving me leave?

Only when your employment ends. While you work there, your employer has to give you the leave, not pay it out.

By when must I get my leave?

Your employer must grant your annual leave no later than six months after the end of the leave cycle.

What if a public holiday falls during my leave?

If it falls on a day you would normally have worked, you get an extra day of paid leave.

Am I paid out leave if I resign before a full year?

Yes, if you have worked there for more than four months. You get one day's pay for every 17 days days worked in the unfinished leave cycle.

Key terms

Leave cycle: Each 12-month period with the same employer, counted from the day you started.
BCEA: Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, which sets the minimum leave every employee gets.