1.Subject to the provisions of this scheme staff absent from
duty owing to illness (which term is deemed to include injury or
other disability) shall be entitled to receive sick pay in
accordance with the following scale:
- during the first year of service: full pay for 1 month and
after completing four calendar months service before the start of
the period of absence through illness, half pay for 2 months;
- during the second year of service: full pay for 3 months and
half pay for 3 months;
- during the third year of service: full pay for 4 months and
half pay for 4 months;
- during the fourth and successive years: full pay for 6 months
and half pay for 6 months.
- For the purposes of calculating entitlement a month shall be
deemed to include 22 working days (including Saturday where this is
a working day).
Sick pay shall include, where appropriate, Statutory Sick Pay,
and shall not exceed full (ordinary) pay.