WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 306 Long adoption leave--application

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 306

Requirement for application

             (1)  To be entitled to long adoption leave during a period, an employee must give his or her employer a written application for long adoption leave, in accordance with this section, stating the first and last days of the period.

General rule

             (2)  The application must be given to the employer no later than 10 weeks before the first day of the proposed continuous period of leave including (or constituted by) the long adoption leave applied for.

If employee cannot comply with general rule

             (3)  The application must be given to the employer as soon as reasonably practicable before the first day of the long adoption leave applied for if the employee cannot comply with subsection (2) because of:

                     (a)  the day when the placement is expected to start; or

                     (b)  any other compelling reason.

Note:          The use of personal information given to an employer under this section may be regulated under the Privacy Act 1988 .