Essay On Medical Leave

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Medical Leave: How Much Do You Know About It? The Sun (2014) reported that employees taking medical leave were causing employers to lose RM 2.9 billion a year in overtime payments to workers replacing those on medical leave. There is additional RM 1.92 billion in wages paid to workers who were on medical leave and did not work besides the RM 3.3 billion to settle their medical bills. Medical leave is governed by section 60F of the Employment Act 1955 (EA). For an employee to be entitled to paid medical leave from the employer, the employee needs to satisfy three (3) conditions namely: - (a) That he shall seek medical examination from a registered medical practitioner appointed by the employer; or (b) That in the event the services of registered …show more content…

A’s 2nd year of service within ABC Sdn Bhd. In January, he was down with flu and was given 2 days medical leave. In August, he met an accident and ended up with whopper injuries which required hospitalization. Under the law, he is entitled to 14 days medical leave or up to 60 days in the case of hospitalization. In this case, since he has taken 2 days medical leave in January, he is still entitled to 58 days of hospitalization leave. Medical leave is given priority over annual leave and therefore if an employee falls ill when he is on annual leave, it is considered as not taken and to be credited back to the employee’s entitlement. For any employee under maternity allowance or any periodical payments for temporary disablement under SOCSO or under Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952, he is not entitled to paid medical leave. It is the employee’s duty to his employer to be diligent in his work and when he stays away from work without the permission of his employer and without reasonable excuse, he is guilty of this duty. As an employer, if the excuse is not reasonable and the records show that this employee has a regular pattern of absenteeism, the employee should be suspended forthwith, served with a Charge Sheet/Notice of Inquiry and conduct a domestic inquiry to enable the employer to make a sound

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