Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 67

67 Reasons not to give notice or documents

(1) An employee does not fail to comply with section 63 , 64 , 65 or 66 if the failure was caused by—

(a) the child being born, or the pregnancy otherwise terminating, before the expected date of birth; or

(b) the child’s adoption before the expected adoption date; or

(c) the child starting to reside with the employee before the expected residence date; or

(d) another reason that was reasonable in the circumstances.

(2) However, the employee must give the employer—

(a) notice of the period of the leave within 2 weeks after the child’s birth or adoption or the child starts residing with the employee; and

(b) in the case of the birth of a living child—a health practitioner’s certificate stating the date on which the child was born; and

(c) in the case of the birth of a stillborn child—a health practitioner’s certificate stating the date on which the child was stillborn.