WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 308 Short adoption leave--when taken

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 308

                   An employee may take short adoption leave to which he or she is entitled at any time within the period of 3 weeks starting on the day of placement of the child.

Note:          Short adoption leave must be taken in a single, unbroken period (see section 300). The combined total of adoption leave and related authorised leave taken by the employee and his or her spouse must be no more than 52 weeks (see section 301). Short adoption leave may be taken concurrently with any authorised leave taken by the employee's spouse (see section 302).