AN160133 – Foremen (Building Trades) Award 1991
(1) A foreman shall, on the death within Australia of a wife, husband, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, child or stepchild, be entitled on notice, to leave without deduction of pay for a period not exceeding the number of hours worked by the foreman in two ordinary days of work. Proof of such death shall be furnished by the foreman to the satisfaction of his/her employer.
(2) Provided that this clause shall have no operation while the period of entitlement to leave under it coincides with any other period of entitlement to leave.
(3) For the purposes of this clause, the words "wife" and "husband" shall include a defacto wife or husband.
(4) Provided further that, with the consent of the employer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, a foreman shall, in addition to this entitlement to paid bereavement leave, be entitled to reasonable unpaid bereavement leave up to ten working days in respect of the death within Australia or overseas of a relation to whom the clause applies, and that any dispute as to the granting of unpaid bereavement leave may be referred to a Board of Reference.
