Personal / Carers leave including sick leave. All full time employees are entitled to 76 hours paid personal leave per year. Paid personal leave is available to full time and part time employees, when absent due to: • personal illness or injury (sick leave); or • for the purposes of caring for an immediate family or household member who is ill; plus up to 2 days unpaid leave on each occasion • In addition in the event of the death of an immediate family or household member (2 days bereavement leave) which is not counted in the 76 hours allowed; or • the employee is entitled to take unpaid parental leave of up to 12 months (including Maternity and Adoption Leave) in accordance with Schedule 14 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996. Employees taking personal leave may be required to provide proof relating to the reason for their absence on each occasion. Part time employees accrue their personal leave entitlements on a pro-rata basis based on the average number of hours they usually work. The employee, where practicable, shall notify the employer at least an hour before his or her rostered starting time on the first day of absence, of his or her inability to attend for duty, and where practicable state the nature of the illness or injury and the estimated duration of the absence. Where the employee is paid under the Table 1 wage rate, such leave will be paid at the relevant hourly rate where accrued
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Employee Collective Agreement, Employee Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
