Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A long term casual employee is entitled to 10 days unpaid leave (also carer's leave) in each year to care for and support members of the employee's immediate family or household--
(a) when they are ill; or
(b) because an unexpected emergency arises.
(2) The long term casual employee may take additional unpaid carer's leave if the employer agrees.
(3) A long term casual employee can not take carer's leave if another person has taken leave to care for the same person unless there are special circumstances requiring more than 1 person to care for the person.
(4) Carer's leave may be taken for part of a day.
(5) The employer must not fail to re-engage a long term casual employee only because the long term casual employee has taken carer's leave under this section.
(6) However, the rights of an employer not to re-engage a long term casual employee are not otherwise affected.