AN160140 – Gate, Fence and Frames Manufacturing Award
(1) An employee, other than a casual employee, shall, on the death within Australia of a wife, husband, father, mother, brother, sister, child or step-child, be entitled on notice of leave up to and including the day of the funeral of such relation and such leave shall be without deduction of pay for a period not exceeding the number of hours worked by the employee in two ordinary working days. Proof of such death shall be furnished by the employee to the satisfaction of the employer.
(2) Payment in respect of compassionate leave is to be made only where the employee otherwise would have been on duty and shall not be granted in any case where the employee concerned would have been off duty in accordance with any shift roster, or on long service leave, annual leave, sick leave, workers' compensation, leave without pay or on a public holiday.
(3) For the purposes of this clause the pay of an employee employed on shift work shall be deemed to include any usual shift allowance.
(4) In this clause "wife" includes a de facto wife and "husband" includes a de facto husband.
