AP829982 - Metal Industry (Victorian Public Hospitals) Award 2002
[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.
An employee may take unpaid bereavement leave by agreement with the employer.