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### sec.41 Requirement for employee to give notice etc.
An employee’s entitlement under section 40 is conditional on—
the employee promptly notifying the employer of—
any illness that will cause the employee to be absent from work; and
the approximate period for which the employee will be absent; and
if the employee is absent for more than 2 days and the employer requires evidence of the illness—the employee giving the employer sufficient evidence of the illness to satisfy a reasonable person.
This section does not apply if—
an applicable industrial instrument provides otherwise; or
the employee and employer agree otherwise.
s 41 amd 2022 No. 27 s 6
(sec.41-ssec.1) An employee’s entitlement under section 40 is conditional on— the employee promptly notifying the employer of— any illness that will cause the employee to be absent from work; and the approximate period for which the employee will be absent; and if the employee is absent for more than 2 days and the employer requires evidence of the illness—the employee giving the employer sufficient evidence of the illness to satisfy a reasonable person.
(sec.41-ssec.2) This section does not apply if— an applicable industrial instrument provides otherwise; or the employee and employer agree otherwise.
- (a) the employee promptly notifying the employer of— (i) any illness that will cause the employee to be absent from work; and (ii) the approximate period for which the employee will be absent; and
- (i) any illness that will cause the employee to be absent from work; and
- (ii) the approximate period for which the employee will be absent; and
- (b) if the employee is absent for more than 2 days and the employer requires evidence of the illness—the employee giving the employer sufficient evidence of the illness to satisfy a reasonable person.
- (i) any illness that will cause the employee to be absent from work; and
- (ii) the approximate period for which the employee will be absent; and
- (a) an applicable industrial instrument provides otherwise; or
- (b) the employee and employer agree otherwise.