Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 289

                   An employee may take short paternity leave to which he is entitled at any time within the week starting on the day his spouse begins to give birth.

Note:          Short paternity leave must be taken in a single, unbroken period (see section 282). The combined total of paternity leave and related authorised leave taken by the employee and his spouse must be no more than 52 weeks (see section 283). Short paternity leave may be taken concurrently with any authorised leave taken by the employee's spouse in relation to the birth of the child (see section 284).