Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 257

             (1)  For the purposes of this Division, compassionate leave is paid leave taken by an employee:

                     (a)  for the purposes of spending time with a person who:

                              (i)  is a member of the employee's immediate family or a member of the employee's household; and

                             (ii)  has a personal illness, or injury, that poses a serious threat to his or her life; or

                     (b)  after the death of a member of the employee's immediate family or a member of the employee's household.

             (2)  Subject to this Subdivision, an employee is entitled to a period of 2 days of compassionate leave for each occasion (a permissible occasion ) when a member of the employee's immediate family or a member of the employee's household:

                     (a)  contracts or develops a personal illness that poses a serious threat to his or her life; or

                     (b)  sustains a personal injury that poses a serious threat to his or her life; or

                     (c)  dies.

             (3)  However, the employee is entitled to compassionate leave only if the employee gives his or her employer any evidence that the employer reasonably requires of the illness, injury or death.

Note:          The use of personal information given to an employer under this section may be regulated under the Privacy Act 1988 .