Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 258

             (1)  An employee who is entitled to a period of compassionate leave under section 257 for a particular permissible occasion is entitled to take the compassionate leave as:

                     (a)  a single, unbroken period of 2 days; or

                     (b)  2 separate periods of 1 day each; or

                     (c)  any separate periods to which the employee and his or her employer agree.

             (2)  An employee who is entitled to a period of compassionate leave under section 257 because a member of the employee's immediate family or a member of the employee's household has contracted or developed a personal illness, or sustained a personal injury, is entitled to start to take the compassionate leave at any time while the illness or injury persists.