AN120332 – Mechanical Opticians (State) Award
(i) An employee, other than a casual employee, shall be entitled to up to two days bereavement leave, without deduction of pay, 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 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/carer’s leave as set out in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subclause (1) of Clause 22, Personal/Carers Leave, provided 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 (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the said Clause 22. In determining such a request the employer will give consideration to the circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of the business.
