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Sick leave – when can it be used?

August 30, 2017

What is sick leave and when can it be used?

Sick & carer’s leave

Sick and carer’s leave (also known as personal leave or personal / carer’s leave) lets an employee take time off to help them deal with personal illness, caring responsibilities and family emergencies.

Sick leave can be used when an employee is ill or injured.

An employee may have to take time off to care for an immediate family or household member who is sick or injured or help during a family emergency. This is known as carer’s leave but it comes out of the employee’s personal leave balance.

The National Employment Standards includes both paid and unpaid leave entitlements. For more information go to:

Immediate family members or household members

An immediate family member is a:

spouse
de facto partner
child
parent
grandparent
grandchild
sibling, or
child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee’s spouse or de facto partner.

A household member is any person who lives with the employee.

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