Notice and Verification requirements Sample Clauses

Notice and Verification requirements. An Employee will give the Employer as much notice as possible that they will be absent from work on sick or bereavement leave but in any event shall notify the Employer at least two hours prior to their rostered commencement time and advise their anticipated date of return. If that is not practicable, as early as possible after that time. The Employer may require a medical certificate where an Employee has been sick for three days in a row or more at the employees own cost. The Employer may require a medical certificate from the Employee where there is sick leave available and: • there is a pattern of absence or • where the Employer has reasonable cause to question the absence or • an Employee is sick within three days pays for the cost of obtaining the medical certificate. Where an employee has exhausted his/her/their annual sick leave entitlement, and where there is a pattern of absence or where the Employer has reasonable cause to question the absence, the employer may require a medical certificate at the employee’s cost provided that the Employer gives notice of this requirement and the specific reason for it as soon as possible to the employee. Casual Employees If, in the case of a Casual Employee, the Employee has, over a period of 6 months, worked for the employer for at least an average of 10 hours a week during that period; and no less than 1 hour in every week during that period or no less than 40 hours in every month during that period, the Employee will be entitled to sick and bereavement leave in accordance with the Holidays Act 2003 (and any subsequent amendments).

Notice and Verification requirements