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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.49Evidence to be provided by employee
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### sec.49 Evidence to be provided by employee
An employee who takes bereavement leave must give the employer a copy of the funeral notice or other evidence of the death the employer reasonably requires.
An employee who takes compassionate leave must give the employer sufficient evidence to satisfy a reasonable person that the employee was taking compassionate leave because a member of the employee’s family or household’s life was threatened by personal illness or personal injury.
(sec.49-ssec.1) An employee who takes bereavement leave must give the employer a copy of the funeral notice or other evidence of the death the employer reasonably requires.
(sec.49-ssec.2) An employee who takes compassionate leave must give the employer sufficient evidence to satisfy a reasonable person that the employee was taking compassionate leave because a member of the employee’s family or household’s life was threatened by personal illness or personal injury.