Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 54

54 Employer may request evidence

(1) An employer may ask an employee to give the employer evidence that the employee has experienced domestic violence and needs to take leave as a result.

(2) The employee must comply with the request.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the employee may comply with the request by giving the employer—

(a) evidence from the police; or

(b) evidence of a legal proceeding or a court report; or

(c) evidence from a doctor or other health practitioner; or

(d) a report from a counsellor; or

(e) written advice or a statutory declaration from the employee.

(4) An employer who receives evidence under this section must not disclose the evidence to someone else unless the disclosure is required or permitted under an Act.