Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 248

             (1)  An employee is not entitled to take paid sick leave for a period during which the employee is absent from work because of a personal illness, or injury, for which the employee is receiving compensation payable under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory relating to workers' compensation.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (1), this Division does not apply to the extent that it is inconsistent with a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory relating to workers' compensation if the provision would (apart from this Division):

                     (a)  prevent an employee from taking or accruing paid personal/carer's leave during a period while the employee is receiving compensation under such a law; or

                     (b)  restrict the amount of paid personal/carer's leave an employee may take or accrue during such a period.