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Section : 3.01 Temporary absence - illness or injury
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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- (5) An illness or injury is not a prescribed kind of illness or injury if:
- (a) either:
- (i) the employee's absence extends for more than 3 months; or
- (ii) the total absences of the employee, within a 12 month period, have been more than 3 months (whether based on a single illness or injury or separate illnesses or injuries); and
- (b) the employee is not on personal/carer's leave (however described) for a purpose mentioned in paragraph 97 (a) of the Act for the duration of the absence.
- (6) In this regulation, a period of paid personal/carer's leave (however described) for a purpose mentioned in paragraph 97 (a) of the Act does not include a period when the employee is absent from work while receiving compensation under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that is about workers' compensation.