Leave

Various types of leave are available under South African Law. More details will be found in the Faculty Handbook that you will receive when you arrive in South Africa. To give you a very brief description, you will receive one day sick leave for every month of your contract (i.e. 36 days for the first three year contract). Thereafter, you will receive 12 days per year. Unused sick leave cannot be accumulated and is not transferable. All employees receive three days a year as Family Responsibility Leave, to be used if your child or spouse is ill. All teachers are eligible for three leave days with pay per year. Leave with pay days have some restrictions as to when they can be used.

• Annual Leave | 30 days
• Bereavement Leave | up to 5 work days
• Family Responsibility Leave | 3 days
• Maternity Leave | 16 weeks (12 paid, 4 unpaid) - After 1 year of employment
• Maternity Leave I 16 weeks unpaid - before completion of 1 year of employment
• Sick Leave | 36 days over a 3 year cycle
• Paternity Leave | 10 days
• Adoption & Surrogate Leave | 6 – 12 weeks - After 2 years of employment

  Life & Disability Insurance

The School shall provide a life insurance policy for the Teacher which pays up four times the annual salary in the event of an approved claim. The School shall provide a Disability insurance policy which pays 75% of the Teachers salary subject to the insurance conditions on disability claims.

  Medical Insurance

Employees may elect to join the medical aid scheme provider, in which the School currently participates, subject to the rules of the relevant scheme.
Provided the employee is employed on a full-time contract, the School shall contribute an amount of 100% of the monthly premium contributions for the Essential Comprehensive Plan for the Employee, and 50% of the same scheme for a maximum of two dependants who have been approved by the School Director, for the duration of the Employee’s employment.
For Employees who are employed on a part-time contract basis, the School shall contribute an amount to the premium contributions equal to the level of contract commitment to the school, and 50% of the same level of contributions for the Employee’s approved dependants.
 

  Pension

AISJ provides a pension fund for all employees. Employees are required to join a pension scheme as mandated by the rules of the pension scheme and the laws surrounding the Pension Fund Act of South Africa. It is mandatory for employees to join the pension fund provided by the School. Upon employment, the School will register the employee with Momentum, the School’s local South African pension fund. On enrolment in the pension scheme, the School will contribute 10% of the employee’s base salary to Momentum. The School’s contribution is contingent of that of a 5% contribution of the employees base salary.
 

   Retirement Age 

Based on the rules of Fund the normal age of retirement for the teacher shall accordingly be 65 years of age.

All benefit contributions will automatically terminate when the teacher turns 65 years of age.