37. Application of Personal (formerly Sick) Leave

37.1 Personal leave will be credited as specified in Schedule 5.

37.2 For absences in excess of either three consecutive days (including weekends and public holidays) or six aggregate days in any working year, a staff member will be required to provide satisfactory evidence of illness or incapacity. Provided that clause 34.2 will apply where the University demonstrates reasonable grounds to dispute the genuineness of the staff member's illness or incapacity.

37.3 A staff member may apply to have accrued personal leave substituted for annual or long service leave on presentation of proof that he/she was ill for two or more consecutive days during the period of leave.

37.4 Personal leave credits with employers recognised by the University for long service leave prior service purposes (see clause 38) will be transferable up to a maximum of 30 days. Where a staff member was previously employed by the University and returns to continuing or fixed-term employment with the University within a period of 12 months or less, any unused personal leave from the staff member's previous employment with the University will be recredited to the staff member.