25.1 Other than as described under subclauses 25.3, 25.4, 25.5 and 25.6 of this clause, short term temporary employees are not entitled to any other paid or unpaid leave.

25.2 As set out in subclause 5.7, the short term temporary rates of pay incorporate a payment in lieu of a recreation leave entitlement.

25.3 Short term temporary employees will be entitled to Long Service Leave in accordance with the provisions of the Long Service Leave Act 1955.

25.4 Short term temporary employees are entitled to unpaid parental leave under Chapter 2, Part 4, Division 1, Section 54, Entitlement to Unpaid Parental Leave, Industrial Relations Act 1996, if they meet the definition of a regular casual employee (see section 53(2) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996). The following provisions also apply in addition to those set out in the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW).

25.4.1 The Secretary must not fail to re-engage a short term temporary employee who meets the definition of a regular casual employee because:

(i) the employee or employee’s spouse is pregnant; or

(ii) the employee is or has been immediately absent on parental leave.

The rights of an employer in relation to engagement and re-engagement of short term temporary employees are not affected, other than in accordance with this clause.

25.5 Personal Carers Entitlement for short term temporary employees

25.5.1 Short term temporary employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work if they need to care for a family member described in paragraph 17.7.3 of the award who is sick and requires care and support, or who requires care due to an unexpected emergency, or the birth of a child. This entitlement is subject to the evidentiary requirements set out below in 25.5.4, and the notice requirements set out in 25.5.5.

24.5.2 The Secretary and the short term temporary employee must agree on the period for which the employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The short term temporary employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance.

25.5.3 The Secretary must not fail to re-engage a short term temporary employee because the employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of an employer to engage or not to engage a short term temporary employee are otherwise not affected.

25.5.4 The short term temporary employee must, if required:

(i) establish either by production of a medical certificate or statutory declaration, the illness of the person concerned and that the illness is such as to require care by another person, or

(ii) establish by production of documentation acceptable to the Secretary or a statutory declaration, the nature of the emergency and that such emergency resulted in the person concerned requiring care by the employee.

In normal circumstances, a short term temporary employee must not take carer’s leave under this subclause where another person had taken leave to care for the same person.

25.5.5 The short term temporary employee must, as soon as reasonably practicable and during the ordinary hours of the first day or shift of such absence, inform the Secretary of their inability to attend for duty. If it is not reasonably practicable to inform the Secretary during the ordinary hours of the first day or shift of such absence, the employee will inform the Secretary within 24 hours of the absence.

25.6 Bereavement entitlements for short term temporary employees

25.6.1 Short term temporary employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work upon the death in Australia of a family member on production of satisfactory evidence (if required by the Secretary).

25.6.2 The Secretary and the short term temporary employee must agree on the period for which the employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The short term temporary employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance.

25.6.3 The Secretary must not fail to re-engage a short term temporary employee because the employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of the Secretary to engage or not engage a short term temporary employee are otherwise not affected.

25.6.4 The short term temporary employee must, as soon as reasonably practicable and during the ordinary hours of the first day or shift of such absence, inform the Secretary of their inability to attend for duty. If it is not reasonably practicable to inform the Secretary during the ordinary hours of the first day or shift of such absence, the employee will inform the Secretary within 24 hours of the absence.