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AP829982 - Metal Industry (Victorian Public Hospitals) Award 2002

27A. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

[new 27A inserted by PR970582 ppc 24Mar06]

The provisions of this clause apply to full-time and regular part-time employees (on a pro rata basis) but do not apply to casual employees. The entitlements of casual employees are set out in 10.3.1.

27A.1 Paid leave entitlement

27A.1.1 Death in Australia

A full-time employee is entitled to up to 2 days bereavement leave on each occasion and on production of satisfactory evidence (if required by the employer) of the death in Australia of either a member of the employee’s immediate family or household.

27A.1.2 Death outside Australia

A full-time employee is entitled to up to 2 days bereavement leave on each occasion, and on production of satisfactory evidence (if required by the employer) of the death outside Australia of either a member of the employee’s immediate family or household, where the employee travels outside Australia to attend the funeral.

27A.2 Unpaid leave

An employee may take unpaid bereavement leave by agreement with the employer.

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