CARERS LEAVE (PERSONAL LEAVE TO CARE FOR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER. An employee is entitled to use up to 10 days of their sick leave each year to care for members of their immediate family or household who are sick and require care and support, or who require care due to an unexpected emergency subject to the conditions set out in this clause. The term immediate family includes: Spouse (including a former spouse, a de facto spouse and a former de facto spouse) of the employee. A de facto spouse means a person who lives with the employee on a bona fide domestic basis; and A child or an adult child (including an adopted child, a step child or an ex-nuptial child), parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee or spouse of the employee. This entitlement is subject to the employee being responsible for the care and support of the person concerned. In exceptional circumstances and by agreement between an employer and an individual employee, the employee may access an additional amount of their accrued sick leave for the purposes of this clause. In such circumstances, the employer and the employee shall agree upon the additional amount that may be accessed. Where an employee has exhausted all paid leave, they are entitled to take unpaid personal leave to care for members of their immediate family or household who are sick and require care and support or who require care due to an unexpected emergency. The employer and the employee shall agree on the period. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to take up to two days (up to a maximum of 16 hours) of unpaid leave per occasion. The employee shall furnish a medical certificate or statutory declaration, confirming the illness of the person concerned, or nature of unexpected emergency.
