WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 259 Compassionate leave--payment rule

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 259

                   If an employee takes compassionate leave during a period, the employee must be paid a rate for each hour (pro‑rated for part hours) of compassionate leave taken that is no less than the rate that, immediately before the period begins, is the employee's basic periodic rate of pay (expressed as an hourly rate).