Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees v Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd [2005] QIRC 83 (2005) 179 QGIG 257

[Extract from Queensland Government Industrial Gazette, dated 24 June, 2005, Vol. 179, No.8, pages 259-260] QUEENSLAND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION Industrial Relations Act 1999 – s. 125 – application for amendment Australian Municipal, Administrative, Clerical and Services Union, Central and Southern Queensland Clerical and Administrative Branch, Union of Employees AND Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd. (No. B416 of 2005) CLERICAL EMPLOYEES AWARD – STATE 2002 COMMISSIONER THOMPSON 8 June 2005 AMENDMENT THIS matter coming on for hearing before the Commission at Brisbane on 8 June 2005, this Commission orders that the said Award be amended as follows as from 8 June 2005: 1. By inserting the following at the end of clause 1.2: “Sick Leave provisions for the employees of QDL Ltd trading as Sigma QDL................... SCHEDULE D.”. 2. By inserting a new Schedule D as follows: “SCHEDULE D – Sick Leave provisions for the employees of QDL Ltd trading as Sigma QDL 1.1 Sick leave 1.1.1 Upon production of a medical certificate or other evidence of illness considered satisfactory to the employer, employees shall be entitled to leave of absence on account of illness for periods equal to 10 working days on full pay for each year of employment with the employer: 1.1.2 Provided that in the first 6 months of employment each employee shall be entitled to one day’s leave of absence on full pay for each completed 6 weeks. 1.1.3 Sick leave shall be cumulative but no employee shall be entitled to receive, nor shall the employer be bound to make, payment for more than 65 working days’ leave of absence on full pay due to illness in any one year. 1.1.4 A medical certificate shall not be required in cases of absence on account of sickness for periods not exceeding 2 days at any one time.”. Dated 8 June 2005. By the Commission, [L.S.] G.D. SAVILL, Industrial Registrar. Operative Date: 8 June 2005 Amendment – Schedule D Released: 14 June 2005 Government Printer, Queensland The State of Queensland 2005. -- 1 of 1 --