Essential points

  • The Sick Leave Act 2022 provides for a statutory sick pay scheme to give employees the right to paid sick leave.
  • In 2024 the scheme provides for five paid sick days in a year. 
  • This number of paid days is scheduled to increase in subsequent years.

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