Other than casual employees, all employees have a right to take
paid personal leave in circumstances where the employee is not fit
for work because of personal illness or injury.
The same employees also have the right to take paid carer's
leave in circumstances where a member of the employee's
immediate family, or a member of their household, requires care or
support because of a personal illness or injury.
NOTICE REQUIREMENTS
For an employee to be entitled to paid personal or carer's
leave, they must comply with the notice requirements provided for
in the Fair Work Act. The notice requirements imposed by
the Act aren't onerous, and they simply require employees to
give notice of the taking of personal or carer's leave to their
employer "as soon as practicable" (which might be after
the leave has commenced) and to advise the employer of the
duration, or expected duration, of leave required.
