41.1 For the purposes of this clause:
41.1.1 Short Leave is primarily for matters of a personal and pressing nature which arise without notice and require immediate attention.
41.1.2 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.
Immediate family covers:
(a) a spouse (including a former spouse, a defacto spouse, a former defacto spouse and same sex partner)
(b) 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.
(c) a relative, who lives with the employee in the same household.
41.1.3 Ceremonial/Cultural Leave provides leave for legitimate tribal/ceremonial purposes to meet the employee's customs, traditional law and participation in ceremonial activities.
41.2 The Head, or a senior employee duly authorised by the Head may, upon sufficient cause being shown, grant an employee employed in that school/section leave of absence not exceeding 15 consecutive hours, but any leave granted under the provisions of this clause shall not exceed, in aggregate, 22.5 hours in any one calendar year.
41.3 The minimum period of leave that can be taken is one (1) hour.
41.4 An employee employed on a fixed term contract of more than twelve 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 short leave in accordance with this clause.
41.5 Part-time employees are eligible for short leave in accordance with this clause, on a pro rata basis calculated in accordance with the following formula:
| hours worked per fortnight |
x |
22.5 hours |
| 75 |
|
1 |
41.6 Leave in accordance with this clause that is granted for the purpose of providing care or support to another person whose care is the responsibility of the employee may be for a period of three (3) consecutive days.
41.7 Leave granted in accordance with this clause for the purpose of providing care or support to another person whose care is the responsibility of the employee may be approved in conjunction with any other leave that may be accessed for family responsibility purposes.
41.8 The provisions of this clause shall not apply to casual employees.
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