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Sick leave and special leave lieu to be taken within one month. They are not
After a period of six months continuous additional holidays which can be accumulated
employment, you are entitled to five days of over the course of a year and added to holiday
paid sick leave and an additional five days allocation.
paid sick leave after each subsequent 12
month period. Sick leave can be used when If you are required to work a full statutory
you are sick or injured or when your spouse holiday you will be given time and a half
or a dependent person (such as a child or an plus a paid day off in lieu. The administration
elderly parent) is sick or injured and needs procedure is that the Director notifies the
care. Admin Manager if someone is due a day
in lieu. As with any leave, check with team
Unused sick leave under the Holidays Act leaders and when you take a day in lieu,
2003, is automatically carried over. The please tell Admin that your day off is a day
maximum accumulation under the act is 20 in lieu.
days leave. You are required to provide proof,
such as a medical certificate of the injury or Jury service
illness if you are sick or injured for two or more Jury Service is as per the Employment
calendar days. All the items pertaining to sick Contracts Act 1991 and any amendments
and special leave (bereavement / parental) are therein.
as per your individual contract and Holidays
Act 2003. In addition however, the employee is to
recognise that any reimbursements of the
Days in lieu courts should be forwarded to NSI to cover
Days in lieu may be given as way of costs of continued salary paid to employee
compensation if you have worked exceptionally whilst serving on a jury.
long hours to meet client requirements, and
the hours have taken up a lot of your personal In some cases where attendance at jury
time. These are entirely at the discretion of service is likely to cause disruption to the
Management. business we will apply for dispensation.
As days in lieu are given as compensation for
long hours and hard work, they are expected
to be taken as soon as possible after they
have been given. We would expect all days in
