AN160268 – Public Service Award 1992
(1) An officer is entitled to use, each year, up to five (5) days of the officer's sick leave entitlement per year to be the primary care giver of a member of the officer's family or household who is ill or injured and in need of immediate care and attention.
(2) Officers shall, wherever practical, give the employer notice of the intention to take carers leave and the estimated length of absence. If it is not practicable to give prior notice of absence officers shall notify the employer as soon as possible on the first day of absence.
(3) Officers shall provide, where required by the employer, evidence to establish the requirement to take carers leave. An application for carers leave exceeding two (2) consecutive working days shall be supported by evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of the entitlement.
(4) The definition of family shall be the definition contained in the Western Australian Equal Opportunity Act 1984. That is, a person who is related to the officer by blood, marriage, affinity or adoption and includes a person who is wholly or mainly dependant on, or is a member of the household of, the officer.
(5) Carers leave may be taken on an hourly basis or part thereof.
