Part 5Sick leave

Part 5—Sick leave 6—Sick leave etc (1) An employee of a public sector agency is, subject to this clause and the regulations, entitled to take sick leave not exceeding the amount of sick leave standing to the credit of the employee. (2) Subject to this Schedule, the regulations and any determinations of the Commissioner, an employee must be credited with 1 days sick leave for each completed month of the employee's service. (3) The agency may, subject to any determinations of the Commissioner, in appropriate cases, increase the entitlement to sick leave of a particular employee or employees of a particular class. (4) Sick leave may, subject to the regulations and any determinations of the Commissioner, be taken in anticipation of the leave accruing to the employee. (5) The agency may, subject to any determinations of the Commissioner, approve a scheme in relation to a class of employees under which this clause will apply in a modified way in relation to employees of that class who individually apply to come under the scheme. (6) If an employee of a public sector agency has taken sick leave before the entitlement to the leave accrues to the employee and the employee ceases for any reason to be an employee then, unless the agency otherwise determines, a sum equal to the sum paid to the employee in respect of that leave is payable to the public sector agency as a debt by the employee. (7) This clause does not apply to a casual employee.