Sick leave with pay

(1) Where any worker who has been employed by the same employer for an aggregate period of not less than sixty days in the preceding twelve months falls ill while in the employment of the said employer, and the illness was not caused by his own default or misconduct, the employer shall grant to the said worker, at his request, sick leave with pay for a period of up to sixteen working days in any twelve months and the employer shall pay the worker in respect of any such period of sick leave at the rate corresponding to his total remuneration over the last sixteen days of his employment with him. (2) Where the worker, if required to do so by the employer, fails within forty-eight hours of such written request to produce a certificate from a registered medical practitioner certifying to his illness and the duration thereof, he shall not be entitled to 88 (3) In the absence of agreement, no worker shall be entitled to claim sick leave with pay for more than sixteen days in any period of twelve months. (4) In the case of a worker who is entitled to sickness benefits under this section as well as under the Social Security Act, such worker shall receive payment under the Social Security Act, and in addition be entitled to be paid by his employer the following payments– (a) in respect of the first three days of illness payment equivalent to three days’ basic wages; (b) in respect of the next thirteen days of illness payment of the difference between such percentage of the worker’s insurable earnings as may be fixed from time to time and his basic rate of pay for the corresponding period; and (c) payment thereafter in accordance with the Social Security, Sickness Benefits, provisions unless more favourable conditions are provided for in any contract of employment or collective agreement.