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II - Sick Leaves
1. Employees shall not be entitled to any paid sick leave during their probation period. Upon
completion of probationary period, employees are entitled to a sick leave not exceeding 90 days,
whether continuous or otherwise, in respect of each year of service. Such leaves shall be calculated as
follows:

a) First 15 calendar days: Full paid
b) Next 30 calendar days: Partially paid i.e. with half pay
c) Next 45 calendar days: Leaves without pay

2. No remuneration shall be payable during sick leaves if the illness is direct result of the employee's
misconduct (e.g. due to having consumed alcohol or narcotic drugs etc.).

3. The company can terminate the services of an employee after the period of allowed sick leaves if
the employee is unable to resume his/her work within that period. If an employee resigns from work
by reason of illness before the first 45 days of his/her sick leave and the relevant medical authorities
confirm that the employee's illness justifies the employee's resignation, the company shall pay him/her
the remuneration due in respect of the remaining days of the first 45 days.

Guidelines for the administration of Sick Leave
4. In case of sick leave, it is the responsibility of the employee to notify the company by calling the
Head of the Department and the HR Department on same day.

5. The sick leave must be applied on the day on which employee resumes the work using HR specified
leaves application template. The sick leave request shall be approved by employee's supervisor and
HR Manager.

6. If sick leaves are taken for a consecutive period of more than one day, then employees are required
to substantiate such absence with an official medical certificate from relevant medical authorities. It
will be submitted to the HR department along with the sick leave application. If employee fails to
submit the required original medical certificate, the absence days will be considered as unpaid leave.

7. HR department will regularly review and monitor habitual one day absences by way of sick leaves.
Employees found unreasonably misusing the one day sick leaves shall be issued formal warning letters.

8. Sick Leaves balances shall not be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

9. The company reserves the right to terminate the employment if the employee is absent from work
for seven continuous calendar days without any notification to supervisor and HR department.

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