Chapter 2 - P rogramme 1 - Department of Defence

| Department of Defence |
Table 10.36a Capped Leave (Defence Act Personnel) by Salary Band,
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
Salary Band
Total Days of Capped
Leave Taken
Total Number of
Employees Using Capped
Leave
Average Capped Leave
per Employee, as at 31
December 2007
Lower skilled (Levels 1-2) 92 18 66
Skilled (Levels 3-5) 19 381 4 096 23
Highly skilled production
(Levels 6-8)
21 915 3 703 32
Highly skilled supervision
(Levels 9-12)
10 619 1 413 65
Professionals (Levels 13-16) 129 9 75
Senior management (Levels
13-16)
352 46 146
TOTAL 52 488 9 285 34
Table 10.36b Capped Leave (Public Service Act Personnel) by Salary Band,
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
Salary Band
Total Days of Capped
Leave Taken
Total Number of
Employees Using Capped
Leave
Average Capped Leave
per Employee, as at 31
December 2007
Lower skilled (Levels 1-2) 6 697 2 675 34
Skilled (Levels 3-5) 1 428 341 61
Highly skilled production
(Levels 6-8)
2 413 523 35
Highly skilled supervision
(Levels 9-12)
401 54 48
Professionals (Levels 13-16) 0 0 49
Senior management
(Levels 13-16)
11 3 45
TOTAL 10 950 3 596 48
Note: Although 17% of employees took capped leave (leave days credit taken in excess of annual leave
entitlement), it is to the benefit of the DOD as it will reduce the financial contingent liability on the DOD
with respect to leave credits.
Table 10.37a Leave Payout (Defence Act Personnel) by Reason, 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008
Reason Total Amount (Rand) Number of Employees
Average Payment per
Employee (Rand)
Leave payout for 2007/08 due
to non-utilisation of leave for
previous cycle
0 0 0
Leave payout for 2007/08 due
to discounting of leave
26 694 786 3 552 7 515
Leave payouts for 2007/08 on
termination of service
39 611 760 1 564 25 327
TOTAL 66 306 546 5 116 12 961
193 Annual Report FY 2007 - 2008
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