Sick Leave

Regulations Governing the Grant of Sick Leave

1. A Head of Department is authorised by the Council to grant sick

leave to an appointee upon application, up to the amount which
attracts full pay and allowances as stated in the relevant clause
governing sick leave and invaliding in the applicable Terms of
Service/Conditions of Service.

2. Applications for sick leave for five days or more must be

accompanied by a certificate signed by a registered medical
practitioner (Medical Certificate) on which should be stated the
specific period of sick leave recommended. For applications for sick
leave for four days or less, the Head of a Department may, at his
discretion, also require an appointee to produce a Medical Certificate.

3. A Head of Department can notify an appointee that until further

notice, further periods of sick leave may be granted only on the basis
of Medical Certificates signed by medical practitioners of the
University Health Service. Absences not supported by Medical
Certificates issued by the University Health Service will be treated as
absence without leave.

4. Applications which will bring the amount of sick leave granted up

to, or approaching, the requisite amount for invoking the provisions
for convening a medical board, as stated in the relevant clause in the
applicable Terms of Service, shall be referred to Head of the Human
Resource Section, who may arrange for a medical board to give
advice to the Council.

5. For appointees appointed on Terms of Service I (19th and

subsequent editions)/Conditions of Service for Professoriate
Staff/Conditions of Service for Professoriate Staff (Clinical Medical
Staff)/Conditions of Service for Academic-Related Staff, a Head of
Department who considers that an appointee is physically or mentally
unfit to perform his or her duties, may request the Head of the Human
Resource Section to seek advice from a Medical Board,
notwithstanding the fact that the period(s) of sick leave granted falls
below that stated in Regulation 4 above.

Enquiries should be addressed to

the Assistant Registrar (Personnel)