AN120058 – Boarding House Staff (Independent Schools) (State) Award 2004
(i) An employee shall, on the death of the spouse, father, mother, parent-in-law, brother, sister, child, step-child, grandparent or grandchild of the employee, be entitled to leave up to and including the day of the funeral of such relation. Such leave, for a period not exceeding two days in respect of any such death shall be without loss of any pay which the employee would have received if the employee had not been on such leave.
(ii) The rights to such paid leave shall be dependent on compliance with the following conditions:
(a) satisfactory evidence of such death shall be provided by the employee if required by the employer; and
(b) the employee shall not be entitled to leave under this clause in respect of any period which coincides with any other period of leave entitlement under this award or otherwise.
(iii) Bereavement leave shall be available to the employee in respect of the death of a member of the employee's immediate family or household, as defined in clause 12, Carer's Leave, of this award.
(iv) Bereavement leave may be taken in conjunction with other leave available under subclauses 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 of clause 12, Carer's Leave. In determining such a request the employer will give consideration to the circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of the school.
