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c) An Employee who has been granted medical certificate (sick leave)
must notify his immediate superior or the HRD by telephone within 4
hours from the commencement of the sick leave.

d) Any sick leave taken in excess of the annual entitlement shall be offset
against prevailing annual leave entitlement or treated as unpaid leave,
as the case may be.

19.5 Maternity Leave

a) A female Employee is entitled to paid maternity leave as per the
Employment Act 1955, of 60 consecutive days (including rest days,
sick leave and public holidays) in respect of each confinement, if

(i) she has been employed at any time during the four (4) months
immediately preceding her confinement;

(ii) she has been employed for an aggregate of not less than ninety
(90) days in the nine (9) months immediately preceding her
confinement.

However, a female Employee shall not be entitled to paid maternity
leave if at the time of her confinement; she has five or more surviving
children.

b) Leave taken on account of miscarriage, still-born or abortion during the
first twenty-eight (28) weeks of pregnancy shall not be treated as
maternity leave but as normal sick leave.

c) The maternity leave may commence 30 days before confinement and
any leave taken prior to this date is not considered as maternity leave.

d) A female Employee should notify the Company at least one month in
advance on her expected date of taking the maternity leave.

19.6 Paternity Leave

a) A confirmed married male Employee is entitled to two (2) consecutive
working days of paid Paternity Leave immediately following his wife’s
giving birth. This benefit is not applicable if at the time of his wife giving
birth, he already has five (5) or more surviving children.

b) Application for paternity leave shall be supported by documentary
evidence such as a photocopy of the birth certificate of the child.

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