AN170028 – Electrical/Electronic Trades (Public Sector) Award
(a) Employees, other than those engaged as a casual or a part-time, as mentioned in subclause (b) of Clause 24 - Payment of Wages, who are absent from work on account of personal illness or on account of injury by accident shall be entitled to leave of absence without deduction of pay, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(i) they shall not be entitled to such leave of absence for any period in respect of which they are entitled to workers' compensation;
(ii) they shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and during the ordinary hours of the first day or shift of such absence, inform the employer of their inability to attend for duty, and as far as practicable, state the nature of the injury or illness and the estimated duration of the absence. If it is not reasonably practicable to inform the employer during the ordinary hours of the first day or shift of such absence the employee shall inform the employer within 24 hours of such absence;
(ii) they shall prove to the satisfaction of the employer (or in the event of a dispute, the Tasmanian Industrial Commission) that they were unable on account of such illness or injury to attend for work on the day or days for which the sick leave is claimed;
(iv) they shall not be entitled in any year (whether in the employment of one employer or of more) to sick leave credit in excess of 2 weeks of ordinary working time. Sick leave shall be credited on the date of commencement and on each anniversary of that date.
(b) Sick leave shall accumulate from year to year so that any balance of the period specified in subclause (a)(iv) of this clause which has in any year not been allowed to an employee by the employer as paid sick leave shall be credited to the employee and, subject to the conditions hereinbefore prescribed shall be allowed by the employer in a subsequent year without diminution of the sick leave prescribed in respect of that year.
(c) The employer shall not be required to make any payment in respect of accumulated sick leave credits to an employee who is discharged or leaves his or her employment, or for any time an employee is absent from work without producing satisfactory evidence of personal illness.
(d) Sickness on Rostered Day Off
Where an employee is sick or injured on the week day he or she is to take off in accordance with Clause 18 - Hours of Work, the employee shall not be entitled to sick pay nor will his or her sick pay entitlement be reduced as a result of sickness or injury on that day.
