Common use of Community Services Leave Clause in Contracts

Community Services Leave. ‌ 7.8.1 Each of the following is a community service activity: • jury service (including attendance for the purposes of jury selection) that is required by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or • carrying out voluntary emergency management activity (within the meaning of the FW Act). 7.8.2 An Employee who engages in an eligible community service activity is entitled to be absent from their employment for a period if the period consists of one or more of the following: • time when the Employee engages in the activity; • reasonable travelling time associated with the activity; • reasonable rest time immediately following the activity; and • unless the activity is jury service – the Employee’s absence is reasonable in all the circumstances. 7.8.3 An Employee who wants an absence for community service leave must provide the Company with a notice of absence, which must: • be given to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable (which may be a time after the absence has started); and • advise the Company of the period or expected period of such leave. 7.8.4 An Employee who has given the Company notice of an absence under this clause must, if required by the Company, provide evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person that the absence is because the Employee has been or will be engaging in an eligible community service activity as defined in clause 7.8.1. 7.8.5 An Employee’s absence from their employment is not covered by this clause unless the Employee complies with this clause.

Community Services Leave. ‌ 7.8.1 Each of the following is a community service activity: •  jury service (including attendance for the purposes of jury selection) that is required by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or •  carrying out voluntary emergency management activity (within the meaning of the FW Act). 7.8.2 An Employee who engages in an eligible community service activity is entitled to be absent from their employment for a period if the period consists of one or more of the following: •  time when the Employee engages in the activity; •  reasonable travelling time associated with the activity; •  reasonable rest time immediately following the activity; and •  unless the activity is jury service – the Employee’s absence is reasonable in all the circumstances. 7.8.3 An Employee who wants an absence for community service leave must provide the Company with a notice of absence, which must: •  be given to the Company as soon as reasonably practicable (which may be a time after the absence has started); and •  advise the Company of the period or expected period of such leave. 7.8.4 An Employee who has given the Company notice of an absence under this clause must, if required by the Company, provide evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person that the absence is because the Employee has been or will be engaging in an eligible community service activity as defined in clause 7.8.1. 7.8.5 An Employee’s absence from their employment is not covered by this clause unless the Employee complies with this clause.