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Compassionate/Bereavement/Ceremonial/Cultural Leave
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32. Compassionate/Bereavement/Ceremonial/Cultural Leave
32.1 For the purposes of this clause
32.1.1 Compassionate/Bereavement Leave provides leave at the time of death of a member of the employee's immediate family or on other compassionate grounds such as providing support and care to another person whose care is the responsibility of the employee.
(a) Immediate family covers:
(i) a spouse (including a former spouse, a defacto spouse, a former defacto spouse and same sex partner)
(ii) a child or an adult child (including an adopted child, a step child or an ex nuptial child), parent, parent in law, foster parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee.
(iii) a relative, who lives with the employee in the same household.
32.1.2 Ceremonial/Cultural Leave provides leave for legitimate ceremonial or cultural purposes to meet the employees’ customs, traditional law and participation in ceremonial or cultural activities.
32.2 An employee is entitled to 3 days leave per calendar year for compassionate, bereavement, ceremonial or cultural purposes. Leave granted under this clause is non cumulative year to year.
32.3 An employee employed on a fixed term contract of more than 12 months shall be eligible for leave in accordance with this clause, and an employee employed on a fixed term contract of less than twelve months shall be eligible for pro rata leave in accordance with this clause.
32.4 Fractional employees are eligible for leave in accordance with this clause, on a pro rata basis proportional to their fraction.
32.5 In addition to the leave provided under this clause for ceremonial and cultural purposes employees who are Indigenous Australians are entitled to an additional 2 days leave in accordance with the provisions of Clause 10 – Indigenous Australians Employment.
32.6 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to casuals.
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