Conditions applying in common to all trades and services staff

This Part shall apply in common to all trades and services staff except where otherwise expressly provided.

Section 5 - Leave of Absence and Holidays

56. Special Family Leave

56.1 Eligibility For Leave

A staff member (except casual staff members but including seasonal staff members) with responsibilities for the care of a family member shall be entitled to use special family leave provisions for absences relating to the illness of the family member.

For the purposes of this clause, family member shall mean either:

• a member of the staff member's household; or
• a member of the staff member's immediate family.

"Immediate family" includes spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other person with whom the University is satisfied that the staff member has a bona fide immediate family relationship.

“Spouse” includes spouse, de facto spouse, former spouse, and former de facto spouse.

“De facto spouse” means a person of the opposite or same sex who lives with the staff member as husband, wife or partner of the staff member on a bona fide domestic basis although not legally married to that person.

"Child" includes a dependent or adult child (including an adopted, step or ex-nuptial child).

56.2 Periods of Paid or Unpaid Leave

A staff member is entitled to access sick leave credits to a maximum of five working days (38 hours) in any one calendar year to support a member of the staff member's family who is ill.

In addition a staff member, by arrangement with the University, may access:

• up to a maximum of five days' (38 hours') annual leave in single days;
• make-up time, whereby a staff member may choose to perform additional work at ordinary time to make up for time lost; or
• unpaid leave.

Paid special family leave provisions as outlined above will not be cumulative from year to year.

56.3 Supporting Evidence

All absences relating to special family leave must be supported by the production of satisfactory evidence of illness of the family member such as a medical certificate or statutory declaration.