An Analysis of Absence Under a Scheme of Paid Sick Leave

Abstract

to receive sick pay once they have completed 26 weeks' Government service. If an employee has had five years' Government service, he is entitled to a further 13 weeks' absence on half pay. No one may receive more than one year's sick pay in any four years. Absences of three days only are not paid; absences of four days receive one day's pay, but if a man is absent for a period of five days or more he receives sick pay for the whole period of absence. A doctor's certificate is required as evidence of incapacity.