Community Services Sector (Portable Long Service Leave) Regulation 2025
6Meaning of “non-service day”
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6 Meaning of “non-service day”
6 Meaning of “non-service day”
(1) For the Act, section 20(9), definition of non-service day, the following days are prescribed—
(a) a day on which a worker does not work because the worker is pregnant or has a pregnancy-related condition,
(b) a day on which a worker does not work because the worker is caring for another person, if the worker is a carer within the meaning of the Carers (Recognition) Act 2010,
(c) a day on which a worker performs community service work as an employee of the Crown, a local council or county council under an arrangement that does not provide for payment of long service benefits to the worker,
(d) a day on which a worker performs community service work at a place that—
(i) is a Commonwealth place within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 of the Commonwealth, and
(ii) is within the State,
(e) a day on which a worker performs community service work in another State or Territory if—
(i) a corresponding law is not in force in the State or Territory, and
(ii) the community service work would be counted as recognised service under the Act if performed in New South Wales by a registered worker,
(f) a day on which a worker does not work because the worker is suffering from personal illness or injury,
(g) a day on which a worker does not work because a member of the worker’s immediate family or household has—
(i) a serious illness, or
(ii) a serious injury, or
(iii) died,
(h) a day on which a worker does not work because the worker is a victim of an act of domestic or family violence.
(2) In this section—
county council has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
immediate family, for a worker, means—