Compassionate leave definition

Compassionate leave is defined in section 104 of the Fair Work Act 2009 with provisions also outlined in clause 6.9 of this Agreement.
Compassionate leave is defined in section 104 of the Act with provisions also outlined in clause 8.10 (Compassionate Leave) of this Agreement.
Compassionate leave is ill and the absence is not related to any routine appointment as per Article 14.01 b) and no other family is available, the employee may use up to two (2) days with pay taken from the employee’s sick leave accumulation per school year.

Examples of Compassionate leave in a sentence

  • Compassionate leave of absence with pay shall not apply when an employee is on an unpaid leave of absence.

  • Compassionate leave shall be a maximum of 2 paid days per occasion.

  • Compassionate leave of absence with pay shall be granted for three (3) work days.

  • The entitlements to Compassionate leave available to employees covered by this agreement will be as per the AFPCS.

  • Compassionate leave is available to full and part-time employees (excluding casuals) when: • a member of the employee’s immediate family or household contracts a personal illness or sustains a serious injury that poses a serious threat to his or her life; or • dies Up to two days paid compassionate leave may be taken on each permissible occasion.


More Definitions of Compassionate leave

Compassionate leave means a temporary release to visit a member of the inmate's immediate family who is in danger of death, or to attend the funeral services or other last rites of a member of the inmate's immediate family;
Compassionate leave means leave granted for the purposes and for the periods as determined and adopted by the Business Committee as a policy of the National Assembly;
Compassionate leave means compassionate leave to which an
Compassionate leave means leave for compassionate purposes as set out in Section 13.8.
Compassionate leave is paid leave taken by the Employee for either of the following purposes: for the purposes of spending time with a person who: is a member of the Employee’s immediate family or a member of the Employee’s household; and
Compassionate leave has the meaning given by subsection 257(1). continuous service, in relation to a period of an employee’s service with an employer, means service with the employer as an employee (other than a casual employee) during the whole of the period, including (as a part of the period) any period of authorised leave. de facto spouse, of an employee, means a person of the opposite sex to the employee who lives with the employee as the employee’s husband or wife on a genuine domestic basis although not legally married to the employee. employee, when used in a provision of this Division, means an employee to whom the provision applies under section 239. immediate family: the following are members of an employee’s immediate family:
Compassionate leave means the period of time a regular employee is permitted to be absent from work with or without pay because of the serious illness of a parent, spouse, or child. Requests for compassionate leave must be in writing and be approved by the Superintendent or designate. The Board shall give reasonable consideration to special requests for compassionate leave regarding persons outside of immediate family.