Full-time Employees: Entitled to a minimum of 10 days of paid sick leave per year. This accrues at the rate of 1/26 of an employee's hours of work (roughly one day for every 26 days worked).

Part-time Employees: Receive a pro-rata entitlement based on their ordinary hours of work.

Sick leave is paid by your employer.

Unlimited Accumulation: Any unused sick leave can be carried over to subsequent years, with no legal cap on how much can be accumulated.

Leave accrues progressively throughout the year, calculated based on the hours worked.

Personal Illness: Employees can use sick leave to recover from their own illness or injury.

Caring Responsibilities: Sick leave can also be used to care for a member of the employee's immediate family or household who is ill, injured, or affected by an unexpected emergency.

Personal/carer's leave is requested as Sick Leave in the platform.

It is configured with no fixed annual balance. The 10-day NES entitlement and its progressive accrual are not shown as a visible running balance — each absence is recorded individually. If you need to know your accrued position, contact your Remote People HR contact.

A supporting document is required with every sick leave request in the platform.

Sick leave is recorded in half-day units, so a partial day of absence can be logged accurately. Requests can be submitted retrospectively.

Once all paid personal/carer's leave is exhausted, employees are entitled to at least 2 days of unpaid carer's leave per family member's illness or emergency, unless otherwise specified by an award or agreement.

Employers may require a medical certificate or other evidence to justify absences, particularly after 1 day of absence, though policies may vary by employer.