1988 Ed.]
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(3) Subject to subsection (3C), an employee who takes less than 4 consecutive days as sickness days shall not be entitled to be paid sickness allowance in respect thereof. (Amended, 22 of 1981, s. 7)
(3A) Where a female employee who is pregnant or who has given birth to a child and who is required to attend a medical examination in relation to her pregnancy or post confinement medical treatment, any day on which she is absent from work for such examination or treatment shall be a sickness day. (Added, 22 of 1981, s. 7)
(3B) Where a female employee suffers a miscarriage, any day on which she is absent from work by reason of such miscarriage shall be a sickness day. (Added, 22 of 1981, s. 7)
(3C) A female employee who has an entitlement to a sickness allowance under this section shall, notwithstanding subsection (3), be paid sickness allowance for every sickness day under subsection (3A) or (3B), and subsections (4), (4A), (5), (5A) and (7) shall apply to any such sickness day and sickness allowance in respect thereof. (Added, 22 of 1981, s. 7. Amended, 57 of 1983, s. 5)
(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (5A), an employee who takes 4 or more consecutive days as sickness days shall be entitled to be paid sickness allowance for the total number of sickness days taken by him, but not exceeding the number of paid sickness days accumulated by him, under subsections (2) and (2A), immediately before the commencement of the sickness days taken. (Replaced, 57 of 1983, s. 5)
(4A) The number of sickness days in respect of which an employee has been paid sickness allowance under subsection (4) shall be deducted in accordance with section 37(1B) from the total number of paid sickness days accumulated by him. (Added, 57 of 1983, s. 5)
(4B) No employer shall terminate a contract of employment of an employee under section 6 or 7 on any sickness day taken by the employee in respect of which sickness allowance is payable under this section unless he pays to the employee-
(a) the sum which would have been payable if the contract had been terminated by the employer under section 7; and
(b) a further sum equivalent to the amount of wages which would have accrued to the employee during a period of 7 days. (Added, 57 of 1983, s. 5)
(4C) Where an employer terminates a contract of employment of an employee on any sickness day taken by the employee, the employer shall, notwithstanding the termination of the contract of employment, pay to the employee sickness allowance for the total number of sickness days in respect of which the employee would have been entitled to be paid sickness allowance under subsection (4), and subsections (5), (5A) and (7) shall apply to any such sickness day and sickness allowance in respect thereof as if the contract of employment had not been terminated. (Added, 57 of 1983, s. 5)
(5) An employer shall not be liable to pay sickness allowance to an employee in respect of any sickness day-
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