AN120484 – Saddlery, Leather, Canvas and Plastic Material Workers' (State) Award
(a) 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 prescribed in (c) below.
(b) The employee must notify the employer as soon as practicable of the intention to take bereavement leave and will, if required by the employer, provide to the satisfaction of the employer proof of death.
(c) Bereavement leave shall be available to the employee in respect to the death of a person prescribed for the purposes of Clause 16 Personal/Carers Leave of this award provided that for the purpose of bereavement leave, the employee need not have been responsible for the care of the person concerned.
(d) 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.
(e) Bereavement leave may be taken in conjunction with other leave available under clause 16, Personal/Carers Leave. In determining such a request the employer will give consideration to the circumstances of the employee and the reasonable operational requirements of the business.
(f) Bereavement entitlements for casual employees
(a) Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements in 34(b) 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 16(a)(iii)(2) of clause 16, Personal / Carer's 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.
