Emma Watt Workplace Untangler - Our Articles

A full time employee would be entitled to paid personal/carer’s leave of at least ten days per year.  Because the National Employment Standards also restrict an employee’s ordinary hours of work to a maximum of 38 hours per week, this is often interpreted as 76 hours of paid personal/carer’s leave for a full time employee each year. ...read more

I sometimes have employers asking me if sick leave is cumulative.  Sick leave has now been replaced by personal/carer's leave, which encompasses situations where the employee is personally ill or injured, or needs to take time off to care for a member of his or her immediate family.

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