4. Types of leave
Paid time off
After a year of employment, employees are entitled to 18 days of paid annual leave. Employees under the age of 18 are entitled to 24 paid vacation days per year. In addition, paid leave entitlements for adult employees rise with duration of service. For every three years of service, an additional day of leave is granted, up to a maximum of 21 earned paid annual leave days each year.
Public holidays
There are many holidays
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Holiday
National Heroes Day
Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Labor Day
Eid-al Fitr
Independence Day
Liberation Day
Eid-al Adha
Umuganura
Assumption Day
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Sick days
Employees can take up to 15 days of sick leave per year if they provide a medical certificate. A committee of three authorized medical practitioners determines long-term illness, which is allowed for no more than three months with pay and three months without pay.
Maternity leave
Female employees are entitled to 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, which begins two weeks prior to the scheduled birth date and can be extended by a month if the mother or the child experience problems. Before beginning maternity leave, a certificate of delivery must be provided.
Paternity leave
Employees can take up to 15 days of sick leave per year if they provide a medical certificate. A committee of three authorized medical practitioners determines long-term illness, which is allowed for no more than three months with pay and three months without pay.
Parental leave
Apart from maternity leave, there are no other provisions in the Rwandan law regarding parental leave.