Common use of Unpaid Leave for Caring Purposes Clause in Contracts

Unpaid Leave for Caring Purposes. (a) An Employee including a casual Employee is entitled to take up to two days of unpaid carer’s leave for each occasion when a member of the Employee’s immediate family, or member of the Employee’s household, requires care or support due to: (i) a personal illness or personal injury affecting the member; or (ii) an unexpected emergency affecting the member; or (iii) the birth of a child. The Employer and the Employee may agree on a period greater than two days for which the Employee will be on unpaid leave for caring purposes. (b) An Employee cannot take unpaid carer’s leave under this subclause if the Employee could instead take paid personal/carer’s leave. (c) An Employee’s entitlement to take unpaid personal/carer’s leave under this subclause is subject to the Employee meeting the notice requirements set out in subclause 18.4, and the evidence requirements set out in subclause 18.5. (d) An Employer must not fail to re-engage a casual Employee because the Employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this subclause. The rights of an Employer to engage or not to engage a casual Employee are otherwise not affected.