AN120399 – Oyster Farms, &c. (State) Award
(i) An employee, other than a casual employee, shall be entitled to up to two days compassionate leave without deduction of pay, up to and including the day of the funeral, on each occasion of the death of a person within Australian 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 19, Personal/Carer’s 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), and (5) of the said clause 19. In determining such a request, the employer will give consideration to the circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of the business.
