It is actually not a bug, but a designed feature, applying a sick leave actually should have hospitalization leave deducted too (reason illustrated as below).
- However, if you want to unhook the link between them, you can do that - just disable the existing hospitalization leave and create a new leave type "hospitalization-A" yourself.
2. According to the Malaysian law, paid sick leave = Non-hospitalization sick leaves + Hospitalization sick leave = 60 days per year.
3. Based on the above formula, non-hospitalization sick leave plus hospitalization sick leave, all in all, shall not exceed 60 days per year. Hence, applying a sick leave is actually reducing the hospitalization leave.
4. Please see the first proviso of Section 60F(1) of the Employment Act 1955 as per below screenshot:-
![](https://blog.kakitangan.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-32a4d938-c682-47a3-9892-6bed17293a1c.jpeg)
![](https://blog.kakitangan.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-d1ee5905-157b-45a4-90e1-7b78c550fd43.jpeg)
Hope it helps :)
Complete guide: Leave module
Have doubts on setting up Leave module? Check this out!
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