Cosmetic surgery - Personal Leave?
Just wondering if anyone has had this experience and can guide me as to whether employees are entitled to take personal leave for cosmetic surgery?
We have been unable to determine if this is elective or non-elective surgery, as the employee does not wish to discuss this with us. All we know is that the employee requires time off to venture overseas for cosmetic surgery.
The employee has stated that they will be able to provide a medical certificate certifying them as unfit for work for a period of time following the procedure (from the overseas surgeon). I think what we are going to do is advise the employee that all travel time and time off prior to the surgery is annual leave, and that so long as they have a certificate, any time off post-surgery for recovery can be taken sick leave.
Strange circumstances and I haven't been able to find a definitive answer - only advice I have received is that it is at the employer's discretion. This employee is generally pretty good so we didn't think it would be right to flat out refuse the personal leave.
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