The Employee shall, after 6 months employment with the Employer, be entitled to 5 days sick leave for each subsequent 12 month period of service. Sick leave can be taken where the Employee is sick or where the employee’s spouse or a person who is dependent on the Employee is sick or injured.
Sick leave entitlements can be accumulated from year to year up to a maximum entitlement of 20 days.
The Employee shall be entitled to five days’ sick leave if they have worked for six months at an average of
at least 10 hours per week, and at least one hour per week or 40 hours per month...
The Employer operates a Wellness policy which entitles the Employee to
unlimited paid sick leave and bereavement leave...
The Holidays Act gives employers the right to require proof of illness:
- after three consecutive calendar days’ absence
- within three consecutive days if the employer has reasonable grounds to suspect the leave is not genuine.
These requirements are subject to various conditions (set out in the Holidays Act) and apply regardless of whether or not the employment agreement contains these requirements.
Where the Employee has taken sick leave and has been absent from work for at least three consecutive calendar days, the Employer shall be entitled to require the employee to provide proof of entitlement to sick leave, at the employee’s cost.
Where the Employee takes sick leave, and the Employer has reasonable cause to suspect that the leave is not genuine, the Employer shall be entitled to require the employee to provide proof of entitlement to sick leave within the three consecutive calendar days, at the employer’s cost. The employer will inform the employee as early as possible that such proof will be required.
The Employee is entitled after 6 months employment to paid bereavement leave of up to three days in relation to the death of their parent, grandparent, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse, or parent of their spouse.
The Employee is entitled to one days paid bereavement leave if the Employer considers the Employee has suffered a bereavement through the death of another person.
The Employee shall be entitled to bereavement leave of up to three days... if they have worked for six months at an average of
at least 10 hours per week, and at least one hour per week or 40 hours per month...
The Employee shall be entitled to parental leave in accordance with the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987.