TAFE NSW employees who apply for Personal (sick) Leave are required to provide supporting evidence either in the form of a Medical Certificate or a Statutory Declaration.
There has been some confusion about whether staff covered by the TAFE Commission of NSW Administrative, Support and Related Employees Enterprise Agreement 2024–2027 must give their manager a physical or electronic copy of a medical certificate when taking the leave.
A manager only needs to sight the certificate and may then record that it was provided if the appropriate information is provided on the certificate.
Can I be directed to give the physical or electronic copy?
If taking personal (sick) leave – NO – if appropriate information on the certificate is provided, such as the dates taken and nature of injury or illness.
There are some circumstances which require you to provide a physical or electronic medical certificate. An example of this would be if you have applied for Workers’ Compensation and the relevant section within TAFE requires this as evidence.
If you are unsure of an applicable scenario and how it applies to you, please feel free to contact your local union delegate for support or our member support centre,
Yours in Union
CPSU NSW Senior Industrial Officer
Lisa Nelson