Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A short term casual employee is entitled to leave work or to be unavailable to attend work for up to 2 days (also carer's leave) each time the employee needs 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; or
(c) because of the birth of a child.
(2) The short term casual employee may leave work or be unavailable to attend work for reasons mentioned in subsection (1) for additional periods if the employer agrees.
(3) A short 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 short term casual employee only because the short term casual employee has taken carer's leave under this section.
(6) However, the rights of an employer not to re-engage a short term casual employee are not otherwise affected.
(7) Leave taken under this section is unpaid.