Sick leave under Section-116

 

Sick leave under Section 116 | Bangladesh Labor Act -2006:

 As per-BLA-section-116,

(1) Every worker, other than a newspaper worker, shall be entitled to fourteen days' sick leave with full wages in every calendar year.

(2) Every newspaper worker shall be entitled to sick leave on half wages for a period of not less than one-eighth of the total period of his service.

(3) No such leave shall be granted unless a registered medical practitioner appointed by the employer, or in the absence of such medical practitioner, any other registered medical practitioner, certifies after examination that the worker concerned is ill and requires leave for the period specified in the certificate for their treatment or recovery.

(4) Such leave shall not be accumulated, and if not availed in any year, it cannot be carried forward to the subsequent year.