3.4 Compassionate Leave

3.4.1 A staff member other than a casual staff member, may take up to two (2) days paid compassionate leave (and a casual/sessional staff member may take up to two (2) days unpaid compassionate leave) on each occasion when any of the following circumstances apply:

1. When a member of the staff member's:
   • immediate family, or
   • a relative, or
   • a member of the staff member's household
   contracts or develops a personal illness, or sustains a personal injury, that poses a serious threat to their life, or
2. a member of the immediate family or household or the relative dies.¹

3.4.2 The management of Compassionate Leave will be in accordance with the University policy and procedures for the granting of Compassionate Leave.

¹A casual staff member is entitled to compassionate leave where a casual staff member (or a staff member’s spouse, de facto partner, or second parent) has a miscarriage or gives birth to a stillborn child.