Common use of Personal Leave/ Sick Leave/ Carer’s Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal Leave/ Sick Leave/ Carer’s Leave. All full time employees are entitled to 15 days paid sick leave per year of service for use when the employee is unable to attend work due to illness. Employees are entitled to take both leave in respect of the current year of service and untaken sick leave accumulated from previous years. Sick leave is available from date of employment based on accumulated hours of service. Employees shall be entitled to use their sick leave when required to provide care or support for a member of their household or an immediate family member, who is ill or injured, or because of an unexpected emergency affecting the member. This is otherwise known as personal carer’s leave. An immediate family member for the purposes of this clause includes a parent, parent- in- law, step-parent, spouse/partner, grandchild, sibling, grandparent, child, step- child, xxxxxx child, adopted child, or xxxxxx parent of the employee or spouse/partner. Should an employee be absent from work on account of sickness or accident it shall be necessary for such employee to notify CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn that such absence is due to sickness or accident at least three hours prior to the commencement of normal work, where practicable but in any case as soon as practical before the employee’s rostered starting time for that shift. If an employee becomes sick whilst on annual leave, and that time is covered by a medical certificate, the equivalent number of days shall be re-credited to such annual leave. CatholicCare Canberra & Xxxxxxxx reserves the right to require an employee who over time demonstrates an excessive use of sick leave to produce a medical certificate supporting their application for sick leave. In any event evidence which would satisfy a reasonable person must support an application for sick leave or personal carer’s leave for a period equal to or exceeding 3 days. Evidence may be obtained from either a medical practitioner or from a registered health practitioner. In accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) or Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Act) a registered health practitioner means an individual who practices in one of the following professions including its specialities:  Chiropractic  Dental ( including the profession of a dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental prosthetist and oral health specialists)  Medical  Nursing and midwifery  Optometry  Pharmacy  Physiotherapy  Podiatry  Psychology  Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander health practice  Chinese medicine  Medical radiation practice ; or  Occupational therapy. Sick leave is cumulative but unused sick leave is not paid out on termination of the employment contract. Part time employees are entitled to sick leave on a pro-rata basis,

Personal Leave/ Sick Leave/ Carer’s Leave. All full time employees are entitled to 15 days paid sick leave per year of service for use when the employee is unable to attend work due to illness. Employees are entitled to take both leave in respect of the current year of service and untaken sick leave accumulated from previous years. Sick leave is available from date of employment based on accumulated hours of service. Employees shall be entitled to use their sick leave when required to provide p r o v i d e care or support o r s u p p o r t for a member of their household or an immediate family member, who is ill or injured, or because of an unexpected emergency affecting the member. This is otherwise known as personal carer’s carer‟s leave. An immediate family member for the purposes of this clause includes a parent, parent- in- in-law, step-parent, spouse/partner, grandchild, sibling, grandparent, child, step- child, xxxxxx child, adopted child, or xxxxxx parent of the employee or spouse/partner. Should an employee be absent from work on account of sickness or accident it shall be necessary for such employee to notify CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn that such absence is due to sickness or accident at least three hours prior to the commencement of normal work, where practicable but in any case as soon as practical before the employee’s employee‟s rostered starting time for that shift. If an employee becomes sick whilst on annual leave, and that time is covered by a medical certificate, the equivalent number of days shall be re-credited to such annual leave. CatholicCare Canberra & Xxxxxxxx reserves the right to require an employee who over time demonstrates an excessive use of sick leave to produce a medical certificate supporting their application for sick leave. In any event evidence which would satisfy a reasonable person must support an application for sick leave or personal carer’s carer‟s leave for a period equal to or exceeding 3 days. Evidence may be obtained from either a medical practitioner or from a registered health practitioner. In accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) or Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Act) a registered health practitioner means an individual who practices in one of the following professions including its specialities:  Chiropractic  Dental ( including the profession of a dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental prosthetist and oral health specialists)  Medical  Nursing and midwifery  Optometry  Pharmacy  Physiotherapy  Podiatry  Psychology  Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander health practice  Chinese medicine  Medical radiation practice ; or  Occupational therapy. Sick leave is cumulative but unused sick leave is not paid out on termination of the employment contract. Part time employees are entitled to sick leave on a pro-rata basis,, e.g. an employee who works 2 full-time days per week or 15.2 hours will receive 6 days or 45.6 hours paid sick leave for each year of continuous service. Casual Staff are entitled to unpaid personal leave, under this clause and in line with the Fair Work Act 2009.

Personal Leave/ Sick Leave/ Carer’s Leave. All full time employees are entitled to 15 days paid sick leave per year of service for use when the employee is unable to attend work due to illness. Employees are entitled to take both leave in respect of the current year of service and untaken sick leave accumulated from previous years. Sick leave is available from date of employment based on accumulated hours of service. Employees shall be entitled to use their sick leave when required to provide p r o v i d e care or support o r s u p p o r t for a member of their household or an immediate family member, who is ill or injured, or because of an unexpected emergency affecting the member. This is otherwise known as personal carer’s leave. An immediate family member for the purposes of this clause includes a parent, parent- in- in-law, step-parent, spouse/partner, grandchild, sibling, grandparent, child, step- child, xxxxxx child, adopted child, or xxxxxx parent of the employee or spouse/partner. Should an employee be absent from work on account of sickness or accident it shall be necessary for such employee to notify CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn that such absence is due to sickness or accident at least three hours prior to the commencement of normal work, where practicable but in any case as soon as practical before the employee’s rostered starting time for that shift. If an employee becomes sick whilst on annual leave, and that time is covered by a medical certificate, the equivalent number of days shall be re-credited to such annual leave. CatholicCare Canberra & Xxxxxxxx Goulburn reserves the right to require an employee who over time demonstrates an excessive use of sick leave to produce a medical certificate supporting their application for sick leave. In any event evidence which would satisfy a reasonable person must support an application for sick leave or personal carer’s leave for a period equal to or exceeding 3 days. Evidence may be obtained from either a medical practitioner or from a registered health practitioner. In accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) or Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Act) a registered health practitioner means an individual who practices in one of the following professions including its specialities:  Chiropractic  Dental ( including the profession of a dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental prosthetist and oral health specialists)  Medical  Nursing and midwifery  Optometry  Pharmacy  Physiotherapy  Podiatry  Psychology  Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander health practice  Chinese medicine  Medical radiation practice ; or  Occupational therapy. Sick leave is cumulative but unused sick leave is not paid out on termination of the employment contract. Part time employees are entitled to sick leave on a pro-rata basis,, e.g. an employee who works 2 full-time days per week or 15.2 hours will receive 6 days or 45.6 hours paid sick leave for each year of continuous service. Casual Staff are entitled to unpaid personal leave, under this clause and in line with the Fair Work Xxx 0000.