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Carer's leave gives a member leave to care for and support their sick dependants. |
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The CDF may grant carer’s leave to a member in any of these circumstances. |
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The member is to provide direct care and support to a sick dependant who lives with them, and who they normally look after. Example: A member lives with their child. The child gets sick and needs to be looked after. The member may be granted carer's leave. |
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The member provides direct care and support to a dependant who lives with them because another resident dependant, who would normally look after that dependant, is sick. Example: A member lives with their spouse and baby. The member's spouse or interdependent partner usually looks after the baby while the member works. If the spouse is sick the member may be granted carer's leave to look after the baby. |
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Non-example: A member seeks carer's leave to care for children while the spouse or interdependent partner is in hospital giving birth. Pregnancy and childbirth are not illnesses. Carer's leave is not appropriate because enough notice is available to make childcare arrangements. This could include the member taking recreation leave. Example: A member's spouse or interdependent partner is in hospital with unforseen pregnancy complications. The member seeks carer's leave to care for children the spouse or interdependent partner usually looks after. The member's spouse or interdependent partner is sick, as well as pregnant. The member may be granted carer's leave. |
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These conditions apply to a grant of carer's leave. |
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No more than five working days' carer's leave may be granted in a leave year. |
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Only days that would otherwise be duty count towards the five days. |
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Leave may be taken in broken periods. Example: A member's child is too sick for school from Friday until Tuesday morning. The member usually works Mondays to Fridays. The member uses two days of carer's leave to care for the child on Friday and Monday. The member still has another three days of carer's leave for later in the leave year, should the member need it. |
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Persons who can make the decision under subclause 5.7.11.1 on behalf of the CDF: The member’s supervisor not below WO2 (E)/APS 4, in the member’s direct chain of command or supervision. |