[EMP 22,550] Sick leave8 

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(1) Where a worker who has completed more than 3 months continuous service with the same employer and who is incapable of work because of sickness or injury, the worker is entitled to paid sick leave of not less than 10 working days during each year of service.

(1A) The sick leave entitlement under these Regulations is different from the sick leave entitlement under the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1964.

[subreg (1A) insrt LN 80 of 2017 reg 5, effective 30 September 2017]

(2) Sick leave entitlement must not be accumulated and unused sick leave for each year automatically lapses in the next year.

(3) For a worker to be entitled to sick leave, the worker must—

• (a)as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the employer of his or her absence and the reason for it; and
• (b)produce, if requested by the employer, a written certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner, certifying the worker’s incapacity for work.