AN160308 – Teachers' Aides' (Independent Schools) Award 1988
(1) (a) An employee shall be entitled to payment for non attendance on the ground of personal ill health or injury at the rate of one day's pay for each four weeks which the employee was employed to actually work in the school.
(b) The unused portion of the entitlement prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subclause in any accruing year shall be allowed to accumulate and may be availed of in the next or any succeeding year.
Provided that an employee shall not be entitled to claim payment for any period exceeding 13 weeks in any one year of service.
(2) This clause shall not apply where the employee is entitled to compensation under the Workers' Compensation and Assistance Act, 1981.
(3) An employee shall not be entitled to the benefits of this clause unless he/she produces proof to the satisfaction of the employer or the employer's representative of such incapacity, provided that the employer shall not be entitled to a medical certificate for absences of less than three consecutive working days unless the total of such absences exceeds five days in any one accruing year.
(4) No payment shall be made for any absence due to the employee's own fault, neglect or misconduct.
