AN160066 – Clerks (Commercial, Social and Professional Services) Award No. 14 of 1972
(1) An employee shall, on the death of the spouse, defacto spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, child, step-child or guardian of dependent children 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 ordinary pay which the employee would have received if he/she had not been on such leave.
(2) The right to such paid leave shall be dependent on compliance with the following conditions:
(a) The employee shall give the employer notice of his/her intention to take such leave as soon as reasonably practicable after the death of such relation, and in respect of a death overseas of a prescribed relative, the employee shall provide to the employer such evidence that he/she is attending the funeral.
(b) Satisfactory evidence of such death shall be furnished by the employee to the employer.
(c) 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.
