LPA Section 57 — Paid sick leave — up to 30 working days per year

Under section 32, an employee may take sick leave for as long as he is actually ill; for sick leave of 3 working days or more the employer may ask for a certificate from a first-class modern-medicine practitioner or a government medical facility, and if the employee cannot provide one he must explain to the employer. Under section 57, the employer must pay the working-day wage for sick leave taken under section 32, but not more than 30 working days in a year. Section 57 also requires pay for the sterilisation-leave days taken under section 33. Days off for a work-related injury or illness, and childbirth leave under section 41, are not sick leave under section 32.