External
Compensation is not payable for annual leave not accrued while the person is incapacitated. For example a person who started work with his employer on 1 July 2009 is normally entitled to four weeks holiday leave per year. His employer shuts between Christmas and New Year and employees are expected to use their holiday pay for this period (otherwise it is unpaid leave). The person was injured in Reserve service and has been on unpaid sick leave thus has not accrued any holiday leave. He will therefore have to take unpaid leave for the Christmas break. In this case, unless the employee is incapacitated for work as a result of a compensable injury/disease during the holiday period, then no compensation can be awarded for the time off work.