The sick pay law (absence due to child’s illness), 1993 states:

1. Absence due to child’s illness
(amended 1994, 1997, 1998)
An employee who has a child in his/her
care, that is not yet 16 years old, is
eligible to attribute up to 6 days of
absence per year to his/her child’s
illness at the expense of
utilizing his accrued sick days on the
condition that his/her spouse works and
wasn’t absent from his/her work for same
eligibility period, or the spouse is
self-employed and he/she wasn’t absent
for said sick days or that the child is
solely in the care of the employee.

2. Absence due to a child’s terminal illness
(amended 1997)
a) An employee who has a child in his/her care, who is not yet 18 years old, and has worked for at least one year for the same employer, is eligible to attribute up to 30 days per year of absence due to his/her child’s terminal illness either at expense of his/her accrued sick days of accrued vacation days, at the employee’s choice.
If the employee’s spouse is employed and wasn’t absent for the same sick period or the child is in the employee’s exclusive care, the employee is eligible to attribute up to 60 days per year of absence due to his/her child’s terminal illness
b) in configuring the number of sick days according to this section, days taken in accordance with section 1 will be taken into account.

This law is meant to add to the employee’s rights and not deter from them. Any agreement at a place of work that is more favorable than the law shall stand and this law will not be applicable.