Family and Domestic Violence Leave. 48.1 For the purposes of this clause, “family and domestic violence” and “family member” and “close relative” are defined in the NES.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. 46.1 For the purposes of this clause, “family and domestic violence” and “family member” are defined in the Award.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. This clause applies to all employees, including casuals.
45.1 Family and Domestic Violence Leave is provided for in the NES.
45.2 The Family and Domestic Violence Leave provisions in the NES can be found in Section 106A through to and including Section 106E of the FW Act. Family and Domestic Violence Leave – Summary of Entitlement
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. Employees are entitled to family and domestic violence leave in accordance with the NES.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. (a) Clause Objective The employer recognises that employees sometimes face situations of violence or abuse in their personal life that may affect their attendance or performance at work. The employer seeks to develop a supportive workplace in which victims of family violence can come forward for help and support.
(b) Definition of Family Violence The employer accepts the definition of family violence as stipulated in relevant state legislation. The definition of family violence includes physical, sexual, financial, verbal or emotional abuse by a family member.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave.
(1) This clause applies to all Employees, including casuals.
(2) In this clause:
(a) family and domestic violence means violent, threatening or other abusive behaviour by a family member of an Employee that seeks to coerce or control the Employee and that causes them harm or to be fearful.
(b) family member means:
(i) a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the Employee; or
(ii) a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the employee; or
(iii) a person related to the Employee according to Aboriginal or Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander kinship rules.
(3) An Employee is entitled to 10 days' unpaid leave to deal with family and domestic violence, as follows:
(a) the leave is available in full at the start of each 12-month period of the Employee's employment; and
(b) the leave does not accumulate from year to year; and
(c) is available in full to part-time and casual Employees.
(4) An Employee may take unpaid leave to deal with family and domestic violence if the Employee:
(a) is experiencing family and domestic violence; and
(b) needs to do something to deal with the impact of the family and domestic violence and it is impractical for the Employee to do that thing outside their ordinary hours of work.
(5) The time an Employee is on unpaid leave to deal with family and domestic violence does not count as service but does not break the Employee's continuity of service.
(6) An Employee must give their Employer notice of the taking of leave. The notice:
(a) must be given to the Employer as soon as practicable (which may be a time after the leave has started); and
(b) must advise the Employer of the period, or expected period, of the leave.
(7) An Employee who has given their Employer notice of the taking of must, if required by the Employer, give the Employer evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person that the leave is taken for the purpose specified in this clause.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. Family and domestic violence leave is provided for in the NES.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. 31.1 For the purposes of this clause, family violence is:
(a) behaviour by a person towards a family member of that person if that behaviour: is physically or sexually abusive; is emotionally or psychologically abusive; is economically abusive; is threatening; is coercive; or in any other way controls or dominates the family member and causes that family member to feel fear for the safety or wellbeing of that family member or another person;
(b) behaviour by a person that causes a child to hear or witness, or otherwise be exposed to the effects of, behaviour referred to in paragraph (a).
31.2 For the purposes of this clause, a "family member", in relation to a person (a "relevant person"), means:
(a) a person who is, or has been, the relevant person's spouse or domestic partner;
(b) a person who has, or has had, an intimate personal relationship with the relevant person;
(c) a person who is, or has been, a relative of the relevant person;
(d) a child who normally or regularly resides with the relevant person or has previously resided with the relevant person on a normal or regular basis;
(e) a child of a person who has, or has had, an intimate personal relationship with the relevant person; Or
(f) is related to the person according to Aboriginal or Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander kinship rules.
31.3 For the purposes of clauses 31.2(b) and 31.2(e), a relationship may be an intimate personal relationship whether or not it is sexual in nature.
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. An employee, including a casual employee, experiencing family and domestic violence is entitled to up to one (1) week’s paid family and domestic violence leave in a twelve (12) month period for the purpose of:
(a) attending legal proceedings, counselling, appointments with a medical or legal practitioner;
(b) relocation or making other safety arrangements; or
(c) other activities associated with the experience of family and domestic violence. .
Family and Domestic Violence Leave. For the purposes of this clause, ‘family and domestic violence’ means:
