I heard on the grapevine today that one of our staff is planning on leaving - however also planning on calling in sick for the rest of the week so she can claim her sick leave before she is gone.

My question is - does anyone know - if she does not return to work for another shift are we entitled to pay?? Wouldn't her last day be then calculated as the last day worked and not the four days of sick leave she is trying to claim?

I am looking up the award but it hurts my eyes and i thought someone might have an idea already.
If her final day of work is say 20th July and she rings in on 16th July saying she is sick and has leave enough accrued then you would have to pay her and are entitle to ask for a Dr's Certificate, if she can't supply one you would be able to advise her that it would be leave without pay for the sick leave after the first day or 2nd day depending on what the agreement was when she was employed. On reasonable suspicion employers are entitled to ask for a Dr's Certificate anytime. I work in government and we have to supply a certificate for any sick leave longer than 1 day or if it falls on the day before or after a public holiday and Friday's or Monday's.
It's and absolute PIA for most employers...I work in government. A lady was due to retire and had accrued 6mths sick leave over her years..she all of sudden went on stress leave, they couldn't get her back and she was getting Dr's Certificates. They tried to set up meetings with the HR people to see what they could do to help her...she refused to come in. She came in on her last couple of days before she was due to leave and her leave had run out. Her team were very reluctant to give her the usual 'send off', they did it anyway and needless to say it was not 'the party' you would normally have for retiring.