NOTICE OF LEAVE AND EVIDENCE. SUPPORTING A CLAIM The payment of paid personal/carer’s leave is subject to the Employee promptly advising the Employer of the Employee’s absence and its expected duration and in the case of carer’s leave, the name of the person requiring care or support and their relationship to the Employee. Unless a valid reason exists otherwise the Employee should contact the Employer to notify of the absence within four (4) hours of the scheduled start time. This will be required for each rostered shift the Employee is absent. The inability to attend work must be notified to the Employee’s supervisor by telephone call. Text messages, emails etc. are not an acceptable means of notifying the Employer of an absence. Where a supervisor is unavailable it is the Employee’s responsibility to advise alternative senior management by telephone. When an Employee is absent due to sickness the Employee is required to provide documentary evidence for the period of personal/carer’s leave. Documentary evidence will usually be in the form of a medical certificate from a registered health practitioner, if this is not possible a statutory declaration can be provided. The Employer may also request an additional medical opinion as soon as reasonably possible if the Employee did not get the medical certificate from a registered health practitioner of the Employer’s choice. For the purposes of this clause, personal/carer’s leave will be provided and recorded on an hourly basis. Where the prescribed paid personal/xxxxx’s leave is nominated for an Employee each day provided will be considered as 7.6 hours. Each hour that an Employee notifies the Employer they are unavailable to work will be recorded and the personal/carer’s leave hourly balance adjusted accordingly. Where an Employee is on personal/carer’s leave, or not able to work for some reason they are required to keep in contact on a regular and frequent basis ether by email of telephone..
