S.L. 363.20 Art. 12Sick leave.

(1) The Executive Secretary shall be entitled, in any calendar year, to thirty days sick leave with full pay from which the total amount of sickness benefit paid under the Social Security Act shall be deducted, and a further thirty (30) days on half pay from which shall be deducted half the amount of sickness benefit received under the Social Security Act.

(2) An Executive Secretary who has been employed with the Council for less than one year, shall be entitled to sick leave on a basis according to the duration of employment. pro rata

(3) In exceptional circumstances of hospitalization, convalescence from chirurgical operation, or terminal disease, where in all three cases a specialist’s medical certificate is required, the right to sick leave as indicated in sub-regulation (1) shall be increased, provided that such an increase does not exceed the amount of sick leave which has been unavailed of in the preceding two years.