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Long-term Sick Leave: Carry Over of Contractual Annual Leave Entitlement
Published on: 03/04/2018
Issues Covered:
Absence & Sickness Working Time
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Michael Doyle
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We have an employee on long term sick leave who claims they are entitled to carry over their contractual annual leave entitlement from one leave year to the next? What leave are they entitled to carry over and for how long?

Sections 19 and 20 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 govern the entitlement of employees to accrue annual leave while they are on certified sick leave and to carry that leave forward from one leave year to the next in certain circumstances. In summary, an employee on certified sick leave continues to accrue annual leave and if, by reason of their illness, they are unable to take that accrued leave in the leave year, they can carry

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 03/04/2018
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