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Rights to Sick Leave w/ Council of Trade Unions: August 21, 2020

Rights to Sick Leave w/ Council of Trade Unions: August 21, 2020

Rights to Sick Leave w/ Council of Trade Unions: August 21, 2020 Rights to Sick Leave w/ Council of Trade Unions: August 21, 2020, 24.44 MB
Friday, August 21, 2020

Employees here in Aotearoa only get 5 days of paid sick leave each year. The Green Party is campaigning on a policy of boosting this minimum to 10 days.

The Council of Trade Unions endorsed this policy, so Mary-Margaret spoke to Richard Wagstaff this morning to ask if 10 days is sufficient, and how.

She started by asking how the minimum number of sick days is quantified, and who by.