5.2.1 Sick Leave
(1) An Employee is entitled to take sick leave for as long as he/she is actually sick, but not for more than 30 working days per year.
(2) Being sick means having a sickness caused by a natural cause or an accident arising from causes other than work that affects the Employee to the extent that he/she cannot come to work.
(3) An Employee must notify the Company or his/her Supervisor of his/her sick leave by any means as soon as possible, which will usually be within the first two hours of normal working hours on the first day he/she takes sick leave. If the Employee is unable to do so, he/she must give notice of his/her sick leave as soon as practicable and must submit a leave application in the form prescribed by the Company to his/her immediate Supervisor on the first day that he/she returns to work.
(4) If an Employee becomes sick once he/she is already at work, the Employee must seek approval to take sick leave from his/her immediate Supervisor.
(5) If sick leave is taken for 3 or more consecutive working days, the Employee must produce a medical certificate issued by a doctor. If the Employee is unable to produce a medical certificate, the Employee must give an explanation to the Company. In this case, the Company reserves the right to have its doctor conduct a physical examination.
(6) Taking sick leave without being truly sick not only constitutes a false report to a Supervisor but also a gross act of dishonesty, which is subject to disciplinary measures according to the Company’s regulations.
(7) The days that the Employee is unable to work owing to sustaining injury or sickness as arisen from work and the maternity leave under clause 5.2.3 shall not be taken as sick leave under this section.
(8) The Company will take into account the amount of sick leave taken for the annual adjustment of wages.