Jonathan Grant High

 

Sick Leave

  1. A teacher may be granted Sick Leave as follows:-

     

    Length of Service Amount of Sick Leave
    a) Teachers who have continuous service of not less than three months Five days with full pay
    b) Teachers who have continuous service exceeding twelve months Five days with full pay and five days with half pay
    c) Teachers who have continuous service exceeding twelve months but not exceeding two years Ten days with full pay and ten days with half pay
    d) Teachers who have continuous service exceeding two years but not exceeding five years Twenty days with full pay and twenty days with half pay
    e) Teachers who have continuous service exceeding five years Forty days with full pay and forty days with half pay

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  2. Any application for Sick Leave for a period exceeding a total of three consecutive school days must be supported by a medical certificate
  3. A teacher who has exhausted all the Sick Leave with full pay and half pay for which he is eligible and who requires further leave on the grounds of ill health may be allowed such special Sick Leave whether on full pay or half pay as the Minister may approve; and such approval shall be recorded in the log book and in the teacher’s personal file.
  4. Subject to paragraph (5), the Minister may require any teacher in a public education institution who has been on Sick Leave for a continuous period exceeding one hundred and eighty days to be examined by a medical board to determine whether he is fit for further service as a teacher in a public educational institution.
  5. If, having regard to special circumstances, the Minister thinks fit, he may require any teacher in a public educational institution who has been on Sick Leave for any period less than the period granted in paragraph (4) to be examined by a medical board for the purposes specified in that paragraph.