Common use of Casual Employment – Caring Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Casual Employment – Caring Responsibilities. 45.8.1 Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements that apply to Carers Leave, or bereavement leave, as the case may be, casual Employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work: a. if they need to care for members of their immediate family or household who are sick or injured and require care and support, or who require care or support due to an unexpected emergency, or the birth of a child of a member of the Employee’s immediate family; or b. upon the death in Australia of an immediate family or household member. 45.8.2 The Employer and the Employee shall agree on the period for which the Employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the Employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The casual Employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance. 45.8.3 The Employer must not fail to re-engage a casual Employee because the Employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of the Employer to engage or not to engage a casual Employee are otherwise not affected.

Casual Employment – Caring Responsibilities. 45.8.1 i) Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements that apply to Carers Leave, or bereavement leave, as the case may bein this clause, casual Employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work: a. (1) if they need to care for members of their immediate family or household who are sick have a personal illness or injured injury and require care and or support, or who require care or support due to an unexpected emergency, or the birth of a child of a member of the Employee’s immediate familychild; or b. (2) upon the death in Australia of an immediate family or household member. 45.8.2 ii) The Employer and the Employee shall agree on the period for which the Employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the Employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The casual Employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-non- attendance. 45.8.3 The iii) An Employer must not fail to re-engage a casual Employee because the Employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of the an Employer to engage or not to engage a casual Employee are otherwise not affected.