Tanzania Annual Leave Calculator

How annual leave works in Tanzania

The Employment & Labour Relations Act, Cap. 366 entitles every employee to 28 consecutive days of paid leave per leave cycle of 12 months — equivalent to about 21 working days. Public holidays falling within the leave period extend the leave by the same number of days.

Accrual & carry-over

• Pro-rata accrual: ~1.75 working days per completed month.
• Up to half the entitlement may be carried into the next cycle by mutual agreement.
• On termination, accrued but untaken leave must be paid out.

Other leave types

• Sick leave — 126 days per cycle: first 63 at full pay, next 63 at half pay.
• Maternity leave — 84 days, paid at full salary, every 3 years.
• Paternity leave — 3 paid days within 7 days of birth.
• Compassionate leave — 4 paid days per leave cycle.

Use this tool to compute current balance for any employee. For complete payroll cost see the Full Payroll Calculator; for compliant payslips, the Payslip Generator.

Take this further

Statutory leave only becomes a liability when it accrues unused across a whole team. Tawala HR & Payroll tracks the 28-day entitlement, carry-over and encashment per employee, and keeps the accrued balance on the books instead of in a spreadsheet.

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