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AN150029 – Carpenters & Joiners (General) Award 1993

CLAUSE 26. FAMILY LEAVE

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(a) Subject to the terms of the Industrial and Employee Relations Act 1994; employees are entitled to Family Leave. The leave provisions are set out in Schedule 5 of the Act and include Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Paternity Leave.

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Schedule an employee may work part-time in connection with the birth or adoption of a child.

(c) The provisions of the Act require an employer to notify an employee of their rights to the various forms of leave on becoming aware that an employee, or an employee's spouse is pregnant, or that an employee is adopting a child. An employer bound by this Award shall display a copy of Schedule 5 in a prominent place.

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