Queensland Numbered Acts

MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 140

140 Insertion of new s 61A

After section 61 —
insert—

61A Entitlement to cultural parent leave

(1) An employee who is a cultural parent under a cultural recognition order is entitled to—

(a) a total of 8 weeks unpaid short cultural parent leave; or

(b) an unbroken period of up to 52 weeks unpaid long cultural parent leave.

(2) The employee’s short cultural parent leave—

(a) if the employee’s spouse is taking long cultural parent leave—may be taken concurrently with the employee’s spouse’s long cultural parent leave; and

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

(c) if the employee takes short cultural parent leave other than immediately after the transfer of the child’s parentage to the employee—must be taken for a minimum 2-week period.