Compassionate Leave and who are eligible family members
Compassionate leave is a leave entitlement to employees separate from any other type of leave and is 2 days leave on any one occasion.
S12 of the Fair Work Act sets out who is an eligible family member when it comes to granting an employee compassionate leave.
“immediate family” means:
1. a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee; or
2. a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the employee.
Former de facto partners are also included as eligible family members.
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