Can the employer terminate an employee while on sick leave?
Since there is no requirement under the Act to give you sick leave, it can terminate the employment of an employee for any reason, however, by doing so, it will have to comply with the provision of termination and possibly severance pay. But if the day taken was a personal emergency leave, the employer is not permitted to terminate the employment of an employee and if it does, it becomes a case of reprisal. Under reprisal, the employer may be asked to reinstate the employee or to provide a reasonable compensation for violating the Act.
