Funeral Industries (State) Award 2005

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Correction to Serial C5523 published 27 July 2007

 

(363 I.G. 153)

 

(No. IRC 4201 of 2005)

 

CORRECTION

 

1.          Delete instruction 8, and substitute the following:

 

8.          Insert the following new item 24(7) into clause 24, Personal/Carer’s Leave, as follows:

 

(7)        Personal Carers Entitlement for casual employees -

 

(1)        Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements in 24(1)(b) and 24(1)(d) casual employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work if they need to care for a person prescribed in subclause 24(1)(c)(ii) of this clause who are sick and require care and support, or who require care due to an unexpected emergency, or the birth of a child.

 

(2)        The employer and the employee shall agree on the period for which the employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The casual employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance.

 

(3)        An employer must not fail to re-engage a casual employee because the employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of an employer to engage or not to engage a casual employee are otherwise not affected.

 

 

 

G. M. GRIMSON  Industrial Registrar.

 

 

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