Q: We would like to know if the new Sick Leave Entitlement, increasing to 10 days, is really effective from 24/07/2021?
If so, where can we find the approved Amendment Bill, please? Everybody is talking about effective date 24/07, but we couldn’t find any official source confirming this date.
A: The change was to come into effect 2 months from royal assent please see below.
Parliament has passed the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill to increase the minimum employee sick leave entitlement from 5 days to 10 days per year.
Most employees who have worked for an employer for six months or over are entitled to sick leave if they, or a dependent, are sick or injured. Currently, employees are entitled to 5 days of sick leave per year; however, from 24 July 2021 this will increase to 10 days per year.