Avo's company sick leave policy outlines the company’s provisions for full time employees, who become sick and need to be absent from work.

Avo follows general guidelines that applies to sick pay. In case of absence from work due to sickness or accidents, team members are entitled to sick pay as follows:

• During the first year of employment, the Employee is entitled to two days of payable sick leave per month.
• After one year of employment, the Employee shall receive full salary for up to one month for every 12 months period.
• After three years of employment, the Employee shall receive full salary for up to two months for every 12 months period.
• After five years of employment, the Employee shall receive full salary for up to three months for every 12 months period.

How do sick days work?

Our employees can take sick leave when, apart from being sick, they need to:

• Recover from sudden illness
• Recover from accidents/injuries
• Take care of their sick children

Employees who want to attend to routine healthcare (e.g. doctor’s/dentist’s appointments) can shift their working hours accordingly.

The Procedure

When employees want/need to use their sick time, they should notify their manager and the finance team as soon as possible either through Asana or Slack. They should also inform for how long they’ll be absent (if possible) or report daily for every day of sick leave.

For extended leave Avo may request that the you provide a medical certificate, should the absence last longer than 5 calendar days.

Avo handles all sick time requests with discretion.

We kindly ask for you to log your sick days (due to feeling ill yourself or taking care of your child) onto your vacay and sick days spreadsheet. That way we can a) make sure you use the days that you are entitled to, and b) understand macro trends concerning sick days, summer leave and other vacation 🌴🤒