You May Be Entitled to Compensation From Your Employer

On 21 August 2019, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that workers taking a day of sick leave should be paid for the number of hours they would do on a regular day of work.

This means if you work a 12-hour regular day, you should receive 12 hours of pay when you take a day of sick leave. Before this decision was made the industry standard was that workers should only receive 7.6 hours of pay on a day of sick leave.

The AMIEU is collecting information from our members in order to claim back payments from their employers. If you believe this recent ruling applies to you please complete the form below.