Award Test Case 1996 - Carers entitlement to accrued sick leave

On 28 November 1995, the commission handed down Stage 2 of its decision, now known as the Personal/Carer's Leave Test Case - Stage 2 decision 1996 AILR [Australian Industrial Law Reports] 3-246. This decision provided federal award employees with the ability to take carer's leave out of the aggregated entitlements to sick leave and bereavement leave. It placed a ceiling on the number of days per year, namely five, which may be used for that purpose and also made provisions for greater flexibility in the use of annual and rostered days off. This decision was subsequently flowed on to awards in New South Wales, Tasmania, and South Australia.