AT794071 - Queensland Local Government Officers' Award 1998 [Transitional]
[24A inserted by PR968894 ppc 13Dec05]
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 clause 17.17A.
24A.1Paid leave entitlement
24A.1(a) Death in Australia
A full-time employee is entitled to up to 16 hours 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.
24A.1(b) Death outside Australia
A full-time employee is entitled to up to 16 hours 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.
24A.1(c) Part-time employees
A part-time employee is entitled to two days bereavement leave without loss of pay, up to a maximum of 16 hours on the same basis as prescribed for full-time employees in clauses 24A.1(a) and 24A.1(b) except that leave is only available where a part-time employee would normally work on either or both of the two working days following the death.
24A.2 Unpaid bereavement leave
Where an employee has exhausted all bereavement leave entitlements, including accumulated leave entitlements, the employee is entitled to take unpaid bereavement leave. The employer and employee should agree on the length of the unpaid leave. In the absence of agreement, a full-time employee is entitled to take up to 16 hours unpaid leave, provided the requirements of 24A.1(a) and 24A.1(b) hereof are met, and a part-time employee is entitled to take up to two day unpaid leave, to a maximum of 16 hours, provided the requirements of 24A.1(a) hereof are met.
