If you have been medically diagnosed by a health professional as having Covid-19, you will be entitled to Sick Leave (SL) with full payment of salary. This will take into account any paid sick leave you have already taken from 01^st January 2020.

Self-isolation requires you to stay at home for 14 days and limit your contact with others. If you have been medically advised to self-isolate, this will be managed as sick leave and you will receive an “Order for Home Surveillance” from the District Health Office.

No. Currently, self-isolation is only necessary for those who fall within one of the groups identified by KKM and if you are advised to do so by a medical authority. Kindly refer to MOH website for the updates http://www.moh.gov.my

If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, you are required to remain off work until you are medically fit to return. You have a duty of care for yourself and others under the Health & Safety at Work Act and we do require you to observe this duty.
If you have been advised to self-isolate as you fall within one of the groups identified by KKM, then the University requires you to stay off work for 14 days and this would be managed as sick leave.

Yes. you can unless you have been medically advised to self-isolate

If you have an underlying health condition such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes or other immunosuppressive conditions, or live with someone and/or are a carer of someone with any of these conditions we would encourage you to work from home. In all such circumstances you need to speak directly with your line manager, in the first instance, to let them know and to arrange any necessary cover.​ You are also required to inform  people services about any such arrangements.

The university will grant you with hospitalisation leave if your sick leave has been exhausted.

Work from home is advised for staff with underlying medical conditions (See question 6). You need to be present at work unless you have been advised to self-isolate. Please discuss any concerns with your line manager.

Information relating to remote working is available on the NUIT webpages​.​

If you do not wish to attend work but you do not fall within the KKM quarantine, your line manager will talk to you about how we can support you. It might be possible to agree a period working from home or using your annual leave entitlement or taking unpaid time off. If you feel a referral to Occupational Health for advice would support you, please discuss this with your line manager. We understand this is a concerning time for all and we will continue to review the advice given by KKM to ensure we act quickly and fairly. ​

Any sickness absence where there has been a confirmed diagnosis for COVID-19; or where you have been medically advised to self-isolate, will not count towards the attendance.  

In these circumstances, it is likely that you will also be medically advised to self-isolate for 14 days which will be managed as hospitalisation leave.

However, if you are not feeling unwell and are able to work, you could work from home with agreement from your line manager.​

The University will support 2 days paid emergency leave and 2 days paid dependency leave. The University will keep the situation under review so please speak to your line manager if you need any further time off and alternative arrangements will be considered. ​

We will do our best to honour your leave application. Please discuss this with your line manager as soon as possible to see how we can consider and support you.​

If you feel unwell and have recently come back from an area affected by COVID-19, as per Malaysian Government guidance, if you have symptoms please contact your nearest District Health Office ( in this case it would be KK Gelang Patah) or the State CPRC online or contact Virtual Health Advisory. https://www.doctoroncall.com.my/coronavirus?lang=en. You should also immediately report to the Health and Safety section. You should also:

• Move to at  least 2 metres away from other people
• Go to a room or area behind a closed door, such as an office
• Avoid touching anything
• Cough or sneeze into a tissue and bin it
• Use a separate bathroom from others​

If a colleague with COVID-19 comes into work, the KKM will contact the University to discuss the case, identify who has been in contact with the affected individual, carry out a risk assessment and advise on any actions or precautions to take. The University will not necessarily have to close.

Yes all employees contracted to work will be paid. However, we require you to be flexible consider how you can continue to work, whether that be working from home or elsewhere or carrying out tasks in a different way. Your line manager will help you to explore what those options are. We expect that some staff in critical roles may still need to attend work and we are currently working on our Business Continuity Plans to ensure we keep our students and colleagues safe.  Executive Board and Senior Managers will keep in touch and update colleagues as matters progress over the coming days.

You can currently carry over 5 days annual leave from one holiday year to another to be taken by 31^st December. Due to this exceptional situation, the People Services Manager can use their discretion to increase the number of days carried over and the time in which to use it whilst considering the impact this will have on your business/teaching area and team