Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (3), an employee is entitled to use any part of the
employee’s entitlement under section 19(1) as paid carer’s
leave.
(2)
Subsection (3) applies to an employee if, at a particular time ( the time
), the employee —
(a) is
employed by an employer; and
(b) for
a continuous period of 12 months immediately before the time, has been in
continuous service with the employer.
(3) The employee is
not entitled to take paid carer’s leave at the time if, during the
period of 12 months ending at the time, the employee has already taken a
total amount of paid carer’s leave that is as much as the entitlement
accrued by the employee under section 19(1) during that period.
[Section 20A inserted by No. 36 of 2006
s. 31(1).]