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Brigitte
19 yrs ago
1. If a pregnant woman is feeling unwell and the doctor advise her to take a bed rest, say for 2 weeks, is that woman paid or unpaid during these 2 weeks?
2. Is that 2-week leave counted as sick leave by law?
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crj
19 yrs ago
Sick Leave, especially if you have a Drs note.
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cri, i have read through the labour ordinance:
sickness day = a day on which an employee is absent from his work by reason of his being unfit therefor on acoc*nt of injury or sickness.
HOwever, pregnancy is neither 'injury' or 'sickness'.
My friend was not paid, for her bed-rest leaves, by her company. Those leaves were counted as unpaid.
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crj
19 yrs ago
most companies, with a note from the doctor, will treat as paid, and past a certain amount of days at 4/5 pay. Sorry to hear your friend is a more difficult company.
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clam
19 yrs ago
Agree with waffle_hk. The employment ordinance is supposed to protect discrimination against pregnant women and if a woman is sick when pregnant (or as a result of being preganant) this shouldn't exclude her from sick leave.
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If you are sick during pregnancy with Drs note, it should be paid Sick leave.
You also get 10 weeks paid maternity leave, with a possible addition of 4 weeks if you are sick, and need to be in the hospital right before or after brith with a Drs note.
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