South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) For the purposes
of the definition of "allowable absence" in section 4 of the Act, the absence
of a worker from work by reason of any of the following is an allowable
absence:
(a) a
public holiday;
(b)
—
(i)
paid annual leave; or
(ii)
if the worker is paid an allowance instead of being
entitled to paid annual leave—a period that is represented by the
allowance (but, in this case, only up to 20 working days per year);
(c)
—
(i)
paid sick leave; or
(ii)
if the worker is paid an allowance instead of being
entitled to paid sick leave—an injury or illness to which the allowance
may be related (but, in this case, only up to 10 working days per year);
(d) long
service leave (whether under the Act or the Long Service Leave Act 1987
);
(e) any
injury suffered during the course of employment.
(2) If a worker
suffers an injury in the course of employment and is entitled to compensation
by way of income maintenance in respect of the injury under the
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 , the absence of the
worker from work because of the injury is an allowable absence under
subregulation (1)(e) but only until the worker has received compensation
by way of income maintenance for a period of 2 years or for separate periods
that when aggregated amount to 2 years.