Staff member must inform the office immediately that he/she will be absent from the office due to illness/family emergency.

 

All staff members are expected to familiarize themselves with the sick leave policy and other relevant leave entitlements, and are responsible for providing copies of the required specific documents for attendance recording purposes.

Verify uncertified sick leave balance prior to submitting request.

Initiate a leave request in Quantum self-service.

Select “Uncertified Sick Leave” and, depending on the reason, select

(1) ”Uncertified Sick Leave” OR

(2) “Uncertified sick leave/Family Emergency”

Staff members can use a maximum of seven consecutive or cumulative working days for illness (without medical certificate) or family emergencies during the annual leave cycle, i.e., 1 April one year to 31 March the following year.

Record USL in Quantum self-service no later than on the 1st day upon return in the office.

The request for uncertified sick leave due to illness is automatically approved in Quantum. Supervisor and leave monitor will be notified of approval. However, if the leave type selected is family emergency, supervisor’s approval is required.

If leave is not recorded in Quantum, supervisor/leave monitor requests the staff member to submit uncertified sick leave in Quantum on the 1st day upon return from leave.

Number of days of uncertified sick leave (illness/family emergency) taken is automatically monitored in Quantum. Staff member will not be allowed to request uncertified sick leave in excess of seven days.