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Sep 09, 2021
MORE COVID QUERIES
Q:
Can I make my employees take annual leave or sick leave to help complement their wages?
A:
At each alert level, employers and employees should first discuss whether the employee can work normally, how much work is available, and how to work safely at home or at their usual place of work.
During any alert levels, employers cannot make employees take:
• sick leave, if the employee is not sick,
• advanced annual leave,
• annual leave, without giving at least 14 days’ notice (unless the employee agrees to take annual leave, after a discussion in good faith).
If an employee can’t come to work because they have been told to self-isolate by the National Contact Tracing process or by a Health official, and they can’t work from home, the Leave Support Scheme is available to help pay their wages.
See the links below:
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