1. PURPOSE
Globus (The Company) recognises
that staff members may suffer from genuine
short-term illness from time to time. It
may even happen that a staff member contracts
a more serious condition which is chronic,
recurring or needs a longer recuperation
period. This policy is designed to allow
Employees the certainty of knowing the minimum
extent to which the Company will continue
to pay their salary or fixed wages.
However, the Globus Company, and individual
teams within Production, Distribution, Sales
and Admin are too small to absorb high levels
of unplanned absences. It is a minimum standard
required of all employees that they attend
work on all normal work days and do their
best to minimise unplanned absences of any
sort. This Policy is also designed to let
Employees know very clearly where the limits
are and what consequences will flow from
an individual failing to meet minimum attendance
standards.
The use of sick leave when an individual
is not ill will be viewed as a fundamental
failure to meet minimum standards required
of all Globus employees. The Company has
usually accommodated other requirements
for leave for personal business and other
such needs upon the request of an employee.
Employees should discuss special needs with
their manager and not use sick leave for
these purposes.
2. SCOPE
Applies to all employees
of Globus Group Pty Ltd (Jupiter Pty Ltd)
in Australia, other than casual employees.
This policy should be read in conjunction
with the “Family Leave Policy.”
Where the two policies are in conflict,
this policy shall prevail, even if the provision
in question is more recent in the Family
Leave Policy.
3. ELIGIBILITY
The entitlement to use
leave in accordance with this policy is
subject to:
(i) The employee being employed by Globus
as a full time salaried or wages employee
(not probationary) for more than 3 months.
(ii) The person concerned
being:
a) Genuinely ill to the extent that their
attendance at work would worsen their condition
and/or possibly lead to the spread of their
illness to others in the workplace
b) Ill or incapacitated enough that they
would not normally be out of their house,
except to attend a medical appointment,
OR
c) Be required to attend
a medical, dental, optical or such like
appointment that is not possible or practicable
for them to attend on a day or at a time
when they are not required at work. Note
pre-arranged visits to a G.P. or other service,
such as optometry which are commonly available
outside Globus working hours will not normally
qualify for paid sick leave.
Other limitations on the
availability of paid sick leave are that:
a. Probationary Employees
or those with less than 3 months full time
service (whichever is the greater period)
will be normally NOT be allowed paid
sick leave unless it is specifically stated
otherwise in their contract of employment.
b. Where the individual
concerned could or should have reasonably
known of the medical condition that is requiring
sick leave to be taken and did not declare
it at the time of selection for employment
by the Company, paid sick leave may not
be granted.
c. The Employee has followed
and continues to follow all reasonable requirements
and directives of the Company in respect
of sick leave policy and procedure.
d. There should be a positive
balance of sick leave due. Sick leave in
advance will not be allowed.
Where paid sick leave is
not granted, or all sick leave balances
have been exhausted, the Company shall offer
the employee the option of taking any accrued
balances of annual or long service leave
or leave without pay. Except where the Company
determines that there is a case of hardship
occasioned directly as a result of the illness
or injury causing the sick leave, the taking
of annual leave or long service leave will
not be allowed beyond the balances recorded
on that employee’s pay record. (i.e.
No leave in advance.)
Where paid sick leave is
not available and all other leave balances
have been exhausted, the Company may, at
its sole discretion, either extend that
employee paid special leave or leave without
pay. This discretion is entirely the prerogative
of the Management and Directors of Globus
and the granting of such leave in any single
instance cannot be taken to set a precedent
for any other circumstances or in any other
instance.
Should an employee remain
on unpaid sick leave for a period greater
than 4 weeks the Company shall have the
right to consider that the employee has
abandoned their position. Notices regarding
the abandonment of employment shall be issued
in writing to the employee’s last
known address. The waiver of the Company’s
right in any instance or for any period
of time shall not constitute a permanent
waiver and the Company shall always have
the right to act on this clause at any time
after 4 weeks have elapsed.
4. PROCEDURE
4.1. Every Employee is
entitled to 10 days sick leave per year
of service fully completed. All sick leave
taken will be deducted from this entitlement
to calculate the remaining balance due at
any point in time. Sick leave may be allowed
pro-rata for parts of years of service completed,
at the discretion of the Company.
4.2. Unless there is a
specific written contract with an individual
that has been signed by both that individual
and the Group General Manager of the Company,
there is no entitlement to any untaken portion
of sick leave on termination of cessation
of employment.
4.3. If it is not practical
for the employee to give prior notice of
sick leave being required, the employee
shall notify their manager at the earliest
opportunity on EACH day of absence. The
“earliest opportunity” shall
mean no later than one hour after the normal
work commencement time for that individual.
The requirement to notify is a minimum standard
required of any employee and failure to
notify may lead to a formal warning being
issued.
4.4. For pre-arranged medical,
dental or other such procedures, an employee
shall wherever practical, give their supervisor
or manager notice prior to the taking of
sick leave, the reasons for taking such
leave (particularly related to why the appointment
cannot be made for a period outside work
time) and the estimated length of the absence.
4.5. Notice is to be given
formally by completing a sick leave request
form.
4.6. For all absences longer than one day,
it is required that Employees will obtain
a medical certificate issued during their
period of absence.
4.7. Where an individual
has 3 or more single day absences in any
12 month period, Globus will require a medical
certificate for every absence, including
single days, after that for at least the
next 24 months or until a steady record
of attendance is re-established.
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