Belly the other biggy that should be available is portable sick leave. If you change job's then accrued sick leave should go with you.

R0bert

Are you a public servant RObert?

Why on earth would, or should any company pick up a liability for weeks of sick leave for a person who is yet to make any contribution to that company.

Sick leave should not be accrued after the year it is available for. It is not another form of long service leave, which is how you seem to view it.

liability for weeks of sick leave
Hasbeen & Robert,
In my opinion you both have very valid points. I have accrued a lot of hours & would hate to lose them especially when hitting the age of aches & pain. I'd not be too pleased not to get any recognition for not taking too many sickies during my time.
I think there should be some recognition for those who accumulated many hours when they get their final payout. It could be in the form of a tax cut or salary sacrifice or go towards Super. We're always on about level playing fields so let's have one.
I also agree that a company should not be liable for extended sick leave for a new employee.
If that were to happen then the company should be able to get a tax break as well.
It's a dicy one alright but one that can be worked out. We're due for some heavy duty reforms after Julia & Co. Let's start collecting ideas now & offer Tony a challenge to reveal his policy on that before the election. Get him to make his policy advisors talk to the media about it. After all, most of these advisors are fence-sitters presently working for Julia.

It may be a state issue, sick leave is accumulated where my son works. indefinitely or until you leave and then they are paid out.

Belly,

Not every sickie is a fraud. DUH!

If you are sick, then take a sick day. If not then take leave. Anything else is fraud.

How hard is that?

579 awards and agreements have different rules, paying out is rare.
Hasbeen construction demands ten be kept at the end of jobs, so workers starting on the next project have them to fall back on.
Now that may not be different firms, unsure of the changes.
Yes RObert I agree.
In some cases, firm changes hands long service and sick leave carry on.
Some get 5 days a year some 12 some 15, some staff get unlimited.
Some need no certificate for all single days.
Some for all leave over 2 days.
Few know but some signed a 5 year agreement under both duress and work choices and still, until it expires get no sick leave.
A very near standard exists for long service, well some get better if working shifts, so why not sick leave.
I worked with this thought always.
If you like your job you have life beaten.
And I liked and was interested always or I left.
So Sicky usually a rare thing for me.