[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:en-ng\u002Fwork-in-nigeria\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":26,"rendered":35,"description":36,"body":37,"body_blocks":38,"call_to_action":39,"owner":46,"authors":54,"show_related_pages":56,"related_pages":57,"related_sites":135,"in_subsite":56,"contact_page_url":7,"banner_message":136},32,"sick-leave","Sick Leave",null,"","\u002Fen-ng\u002Fwork-in-nigeria\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave","labourlaw.labourlawpage","en_NG","2025-07-22T07:37:10.645754+00:00","2026-04-08T09:40:43.975043+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F32\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25],{"title":17,"slug":18},"Nigeria","en-ng",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Work in Nigeria","work-in-nigeria",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Labour Law","labour-law",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":27,"description":8,"image":28,"canonical":29,"robots":30,"og_type":31,"twitter_card":32,"locale":18,"created_at":33,"last_modified_at":34},"Sick Leave, Sick Pay, Job Security - Nigeria","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_1013838094.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fen-ng\u002Fwork-in-nigeria\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-07-22T09:37:10.645754+02:00","2026-04-08T11:40:44.110010+02:00","\u003Cdiv class=\"cobra-ll-view\">\n\n  \n\n    \n    \n  \n  \u003Ch1>Sick Leave\u003C\u002Fh1>\n  \u003Cspan class=\"lastupdated\">This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-01\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n  \n\n    \n  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Income\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>In case of illness, workers are entitled to a maximum of 12 working days of paid sick leave. Sickness must be certified by the registered medical practitioner. Sick leave is fully paid leave and is calculated as workers’ basic wage that is exclusive of overtime pay and other allowances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sources: §16 & 19 of the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004); ISSA Country Profile for Nigeria\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Medical Care\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>The worker, on the request of the employer, gets examined by a qualified medical practitioner nominated by the employer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medical benefits provided to the insured worker include specialist consultations, hospitalization of up to 15 days a year, ophthalmological services, preventive care, maternity care for up to four live births, medicines, preventive dental care and pain relief, and some prostheses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sources: §16(b) of the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004); ISSA Country Profile for Nigeria \u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Job Security\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>Employment of a worker is secure during 12 days of paid sick leave. The contract remains in existence and the worker has to perform his part of the contract save for the incapacity produced by the illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §16(a) of the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004)\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n\n    \n      \n    \n      \u003Cdiv class=\"regulations\">\n        \u003Ch2>Regulations on Sick Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\n        \u003Cul>\n          \u003Cli>\n            Public Holiday Act, 1979\n          \u003C\u002Fli>\n          \u003Cli>\n            Pension Reform Act, 2014\n          \u003C\u002Fli>\n        \u003C\u002Ful>\n      \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n    \n        \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_workinjury_URL_\n      \n          _ll_leave_URL_\n      \n          _ll_employmentsecurity_URL_\n      \n          _ll_family_URL_\n      \n          _ll_maternity_URL_\n      \n          _ll_healthsafety_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights on sick leave and\u002For pay in Nigeria – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-01\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Income\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>In case of illness, workers are entitled to a maximum of 12 working days of paid sick leave. Sickness must be certified by the registered medical practitioner. Sick leave is fully paid leave and is calculated as workers’ basic wage that is exclusive of overtime pay and other allowances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sources: §16 & 19 of the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004); ISSA Country Profile for Nigeria\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Medical Care\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The worker, on the request of the employer, gets examined by a qualified medical practitioner nominated by the employer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medical benefits provided to the insured worker include specialist consultations, hospitalization of up to 15 days a year, ophthalmological services, preventive care, maternity care for up to four live births, medicines, preventive dental care and pain relief, and some prostheses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sources: §16(b) of the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004); ISSA Country Profile for Nigeria \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Job Security\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Employment of a worker is secure during 12 days of paid sick leave. The contract remains in existence and the worker has to perform his part of the contract save for the incapacity produced by the illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: §16(a) of the Labour Act (Cap L1 LFN 2004)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Regulations on Sick Leave\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\n            Public Holiday Act, 1979\n          \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n            Pension Reform Act, 2014\n          \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-ng\u002Fwork-in-nigeria\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave\u002Fwork-injury-benefits'>Work Injury Benefits\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-ng\u002Fwork-in-nigeria\u002Flabour-law\u002Fannual-leave-and-holidays'>Annual Leave and Holidays\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-ng\u002Fwork-in-nigeria\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals'>Contracts and 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