Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 59

59 Entitlement to birth-related leave

(1) A pregnant employee is entitled to an unbroken period of up to 52 weeks unpaid birth-related leave.

(2) For the birth of a child of an employee’s spouse, the employee is entitled to—

(a) a total of 8 weeks unpaid short birth-related leave; or

(b) an unbroken period of up to 52 weeks unpaid long birth-related leave.

(3) The employee’s short birth-related leave—

(a) if the employee’s spouse gave birth to a child and is taking long birth-related leave—may be taken concurrently with the employee’s spouse’s long birth-related leave; and

(b) may be taken in an unbroken period or broken periods; and

(c) if the employee takes short birth-related leave other than immediately after the birth of the child—must be for a minimum 2-week period.