Sick Leave 7.4.1 Subject to the terms below, an employee who is absent from duty on account of sickness, or injury where compensation is not being paid in terms of the Accident Insurance Act 1998 shall be entitled to leave on full pay as prescribed in clause 7.4.10.
7.4.2 Subject to the provisions of less than a full day (clause 7.4.3), each period of absence on sick leave shall begin on the first working day of the employee's absence from duty and end on the last working day before that on which duty is resumed and the sick leave for the period shall be reckoned in consecutive days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays and whole holidays or substituted succeeding days, where applicable, which may fall during the period.
7.4.3 Where an employee is absent on sick leave for less than 1 full working day, the employee shall be deemed to have taken 1 half day's sick leave if absent for either the morning or the afternoon, or after working at least 2 hours and less than 6 hours; the employee shall be deemed to have taken 1 day's sick leave if absent for more than 6 hours during the day.
7.4.4 Subject to being absent without sufficient cause (clause 7.4.7), where for reasons of sickness an employee cannot attend work at the time appointed, that employee must endeavour to contact their manager within 30 minutes of normal starting time, or when flexible working hours apply, before 9.30am. Where absence on sick leave, whether with or without pay, extends beyond 5 consecutive days, the employee must produce to the employer a medical certificate stating the probable period of absence. The certificate is to be signed by a registered medical or dental practitioner.
7.4.5 Where an employee on sick leave is suspected of being absent from duty without sufficient cause, the employer may at any time and at the employer's own expense require the employee to submit to medical examination by a medical practitioner nominated by the employer.
7.4.6 Xxxx leave with pay is not to be granted if the sickness or ill health has been caused by the employee's own misconduct. To satisfy itself on that point the employer may arrange for an examination by a medical practitioner to be undertaken at the employee's residence. Any fee is payable by the employer which may be recovered from the employee if the report is not favourable.
7.4.7 Where an employee is incapacitated by sickness or accident arising out of and in the course of employment the provisions of the Accident Insurance Act 1998 will apply. Any period for which the employee is receiving full salary in terms of this Act shall not be debited against sick leave entitlements.
7.4.8 Whether or not sick leave entitlement has been exhausted, an employee may elect to have all or part of an absence on account of sickness debited against annual leave entitlement under clause 7.1.
7.4.9 Where an employee must, because of an emergency, stay home to attend to a member of the household who through illness becomes dependent on the employee, leave on full pay may be granted as a charge against the employee's sick leave entitlement. This person will in most cases be the employee’s child or partner but may be whanau or whangai of the employee’s family who has a dependant relationship.
7.4.10 The period of sick leave to which an employee is entitled shall be the amount specified in the following table, less the total amount of sick leave already taken during that service: Length of Service Days of Sick leave on full Pay to which employee Entitled 3 Months 7 days Except that where a TIASA member had an accumulated sick leave in excess of 200 days at 15 November 2016 they will retain the excess days until used.
7.4.11 In exceptional circumstances the employer may grant sick leave in excess of the periods prescribed in clause 7.4.10.
