During the first year of employment with the same employer: two days at replacement pay* for every month of work.
After one year of continuous employment with the same employer: one month at replacement pay.
After two years of employment with the same employer: one month at replacement pay and one month at day-work pay.
After three years of employment with the same employer: one month at replacement pay and two months at day-work pay.
After five years of employment with the same employer: one month at replacement pay, one month at full day-work pay (i.e. regular day-work pay, bonus and shift differentials) and two months at regular day-work pay.
Note: After 5 years of employment at the same company, employees retain part of their sickness rights even if transferring to another company.
The right to sickness leave is based on a twelve-month period.
Wage concepts:
Replacement pay – the rate that the worker would have been paid, had he not fallen sick.
Full day-work pay – i.e. regular day-work pay, bonus and shift differentials but no overtime
Regular day work pay – the number of hours that would have been paid by daytime work, i.e. not shift differentials and overtime.
Sickness rights due to children
The first 6 months at work: 2 days for each month worked
After 6 months at work: 12 days at every 12 month period
Sickness rights due to children is for children under 13 years of age. This also applies to children under the age of 16 who need to be hospitalized for one day or more.