Illness During Long Service Leave. 37.7.1 Where an Employee is ill during a period of long service leave, the Employeemay request that the ordinary hours of work that would normally occur during the period of illness be approved, to the extent available, as personal leave and re-credited as long service leave accrual. 37.7.2 A request will only be made where: (a) the duration of the illness is 5 or more consecutive working days; and (b) the period of illness is certified by a medical practitioner.

Illness During Long Service Leave. (a) Subject to the production of a supporting medical certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner, an Employee, who becomes ill whilst on long service leave, is entitled to have the period of illness treated as personal leave but only to the extent that the Employee is entitled to personal leave. (b) Subject to cl.29.8 (a) the Employee’s long service leave will be extended by the period of illness provided that the Employer and the Employee agree. (c) An exception to cl.29.8(b) is that the Employer and the Employee may agree that the Employee will return from long service leave as planned with the period of illness being re-credited to the Employee’s accrued long service leave entitlement.

Illness During Long Service Leave. Subject to the requirements of clause 22, an Employee, who becomes ill or suffers an injury during long service leave and has an entitlement to sick leave, is entitled to have the period of illness or injury treated as sick leave, with long service leave re-credited to the Employee. The Principal may require the Employee to be examined by a Registered Medical Practitioner of the Employer’s choice, provided the practitioner is reasonably accessible to the Employee.

Illness During Long Service Leave. Employees falling ill while on Long Service Leave can on the production of a medical certificate from a recognised medical practitioner or other reasonably acceptable evidence to the satisfaction of SPARQ Solutions satisfaction, about the nature and approximate duration of the illness, convert that proportion of their Long Service Leave to their personal leave entitlement where the claim is for a minimum of two [2] working days incapacity. If an employee is granted a period of personal leave, the day the employee is to resume duties after the long service leave will not be not affected and the adjusted period is added to the employee’s entitlement to long service leave. Subject to mutual Agreement the period for which the employee is currently absent on long service leave may be extended. If SPARQ Solutions agrees to the request: ▪ The period for which the employee is currently absent on long service leave will be extended by the adjusted period; and ▪ The employee’s entitlement to long service leave is not affected.

Illness During Long Service Leave. Subject to the production of a supporting medical certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner, an Employee who becomes ill whilst on long service leave is entitled to have the period of illness treated as personal/carer’s leave but only to the extent that the Employee is entitled to personal/carer’s leave.

Illness During Long Service Leave. 1. If the employee has been ill or injured during the period of long service leave for a minimum of a one week period and unfit for duty they can apply for sick leave and have their long service leave credited back to their balance. 2. The employer must approve the granting of personal leave instead of long service leave for the period of the inability to perform normal duties if: a) the employee makes written application for the leave; and b) the employee produces a medical certificate from a doctor stating the employee, if the employee had not been on leave, could not have performed the employee's normal duties because of illness or injury; and c) the entire period mentioned in subsection 1 is covered by the medical certificate produced. 3. May apply to more than one period of personal leave if subsection 2 is complied with for each period. 4. The period of personal leave granted instead of long service leave under subsection 2 (the "adjusted period") is the period for which the employee would have been absent on sick leave had the employee not been on long service leave. 5. If an employee is granted a period of personal leave under subsection 2: a) the day the employee is to resume duties after the long service leave is not affected; and b) the adjusted period is added to the employee's entitlement to long service leave. 6. As soon as practicable after being granted a period of sick leave under subsection 2, the employee may ask the employer for an extension of the period for which he/she employee is currently absent on long service leave. 7. If the employer agrees to the request: a) the period for which the employee is currently absent on long service leave is extended by the adjusted period; and b) the employee's entitlement to long service leave is not affected. 8. This section applies despite section 4 but subject to the following sections:  Section 7.3.7 (Employer's right to refuse or defer long service leave).

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