As the minister indicated, the current sick leave regime can sometimes be disadvantageous to employees who have not been in the public service for a long time, but who do get either sick or have an accident, for example. If you've been in the public service for quite some time, you can have a bank of sick days, which younger employees don't have. It doesn't mean that they're not exposed to having accidents, concussions, or any type of serious illness that would put their economic and physical security at risk.
On April 23rd, 2018. See this statement in context.