Leave the bane of a boss' life

It's the bane of every manager's life; the person who thinks they are so clever that they start the new year with a pre-planned leave roster.

- KEVIN RITCHIE

It’s normally the first thing they hand in when they get back from work.

South Africa already has 12 public holidays and most of us with conventional jobs get another 20 days of paid leave.

But if you're cute and you plan strategically, you can work both to end up with 48 days off, according to one website that helpfully published the recipe last week.

Two of the 12 public holidays this year fall on a Saturday, but thanks to the research done by BusinessTech, you can create more long weekends than in previous years.

There’s no doubt it’s clever, but it comes at a price.