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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 246

Entitlement to take credited leave

             (1)  Subject to this Subdivision, an employee is entitled to take an amount of paid personal/carer's leave if, under this section, that amount of leave is credited to the employee.

Accrual

             (2)  An employee is entitled to accrue an amount of paid personal/carer's leave, for each completed 4 week period of continuous service with an employer, of 1 / 26 of the number of nominal hours worked by the employee for the employer during that 4 week period.

Example:    An employee whose nominal hours worked for an employer each week over a 12 month period are 38 hours would be entitled to accrue 76 hours paid personal/carer's leave (which would amount to 10 days of paid personal/carer's leave for that employee) over the period.

             (3)  Paid personal/carer's leave accrues on a pro‑rata basis.

Crediting

             (4)  Each month, an employer must credit to an employee of the employer the amount (if any) of paid personal/carer's leave accrued by the employee since the employer last credited to the employee an amount of paid personal/carer's leave accrued under this section.

Accumulation

             (5)  Paid personal/carer's leave is cumulative.