In New Zealand, employees (including part-time and casual employees) are entitled to 10 days paid sick leave a year, after the first 6 months of continuous employment and another 10 days sick leave for each 12-month period after that, if:
they have six months’ current continuous employment with the same employer, or
they have worked for the employer for six months for:
an average of 10 hours per week, and
at least one hour in every week or 40 hours in every month.
Unused sick leave is automatically carried over to a maximum of 20 days leave unless more is provided for in the Employment Agreement.
For more information, see Sick leave entitlements - Employment New Zealand.
Due to the above conditions, Sick Leave is generally set up as a Grant of 10 days. The first Sick Leave class will grant the initial 10 days once they have completed 6 months employment. The subsequent grants will occur every 12 months after the initial 6 months. This results in the employee having an Entitlement Date that is six months after their hire date. All employees attached to a Grant Sick Leave class will also need to be given Contract Hours to be granted the leave. When leave is granted, the employee won't have pro-rata dates or hours and will receive the leave as a lump sum.
For information on how to set up sick leave refer to New Zealand - Sick Leave for NZ employee