AN160290 – Sheet Metal Workers' Award No. 10 of 1973
(1) A worker, other than a casual worker, shall, on the death within Australia of a wife, husband, father, mother, brother, sister, child or stepchild, be entitled on notice to 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 worker in two ordinary working days. Proof of such death shall be furnished by the worker to the satisfaction of his employer.
(2) Payment in respect of compassionate leave is to be made only where the worker otherwise would have been on duty and shall not be granted in any case where the worker concerned would have been off duty in accordance with any shift roster or on long service leave, annual leave, sick leave, worker's compensation, leave without pay or on a public holiday.
(3) For the purposes of this clause the pay of a worker employed on shift work shall be deemed to include any usual shift allowance.
