It depends. I know someone who had a doctors cert for the last 6 months of her pg saying she was unfit to work, and ended up qualifying for temporary disability under her super.

I think you would need a certificate of being unwell, rather than just being able to use your accrued sick leave.

By "above award" do you mean you are not covered by an award, you have some other contract or agreement in place? If so it should be spelled out in that. I

You can alwyas check with the relevant IR department though, as some agreements, particularly newver ones can be undone under more carefulscrutiny - they were discussing it on the TV last night about illegal clauses in AWAs.

Also, some workplaces have rules about the order you can take your leave.

My work give paid mat. leave and require you to take all of your paid maternity leave first, then annual leav/LSL then the unpaid amount of your maternity leave.

We don't accrue sick leave so thats not relvant to me.