AN120020 – Animal Welfare, Institutional (State) Award
(i) If an employee is absent from work, except on account of illness, a proportionate deduction shall be made from the wages for the time lost.
(ii) After the first two single days' absences or the first period of two consecutive days' absence of any employee in any year, the employer may require, in respect of any further absence in that year, the production of a medical certificate, statutory declaration or other satisfactory proof of illness.
(iii) The employer shall not be liable to pay an employee for absence due to illness for more than that prescribed in the following schedule (during first year of employment):
(a) |
After the first 3 months of continuous service |
1 day's pay |
4 months' completed service |
2 days' pay | |
6 months' completed service |
3 days' pay | |
8 months' completed service |
4 days' pay | |
10 months' completed service |
5 days' pay |
(b) Service before the date of coming into force of this award shall be taken into account in computing the qualifying period of three months.
(c) |
During the first year - |
5 days. |
During the second year - |
8 days. | |
During the third and subsequent years - |
10 days. |
(iv) Provided that an employee has been employed for three months, any sick leave taken during that time shall be paid for at the end of the said three months.
(v) Sick leave allowable under this clause may accumulate, subject to continuous employment from year to year, and subject to the other provisions of this clause.
(vi) The employer shall not be liable to pay sick pay to any employee whose illness is due to an accident covered by the Workers' Compensation Act 1987.
(vii) "Year", for the purposes of this clause, shall mean a year calculated from the date of commencing of an employee's service with the employer.
