AN120179 – Dental Assistants and Secretaries (State) Award
(i) An employee, other than a casual employee, shall be entitled to a maximum of two days bereavement leave without deduction of pay, up to and including the day of the funeral, on each occasion of the death of a person in Australia as prescribed in subclause (iii) of this clause.
(ii) The employee must notify the employer as soon as practicable of the intention to take bereavement leave and will provide to the satisfaction of the employer the proof of death.
(iii) Bereavement leave shall be available to the employee in respect to the death of a person prescribed for the purposes of personal/carers leave as set out in subparagraph (2) of paragraph
(c) of subclause (i) of Clause 7 - Personal Carer's Leave, provide that for the purpose of bereavement leave, the employee need not have been responsible for the care of the person concerned.
(iv) An employee shall not be entitled to bereavement leave under this clause during any period in respect of which the employee has been granted other leave
(v) Bereavement leave may be taken in conjunction with other leave available under subclauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of the said Clause 7. In determining such a request, the employer will give consideration to the circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of the business.
(vi) Bereavement entitlements for casual employees
(a) Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements in (ii) casual employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work upon the death in Australia of a person prescribed in subclause 7(i)(c)(2) of clause 7, Personal Carers’ Leave.
(b) The employer and the employee shall agree on the period for which the employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The casual employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance.
(c) An employer must not fail to re-engage a casual employee because the employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of an employer to engage or not engage a casual employee are otherwise not affected.
