NSW Police are cracking down on domestic violence perpetrators, following a week-long blitz which saw nearly 650 people arrested across the state. 9News MORE:
tomorrow, replacing the existing unpaid leave on offer for those affected by family and domestic violence.
"This bill will not by itself solve the problem of family and domestic violence but it does mean no employee in Australia will ever again be forced to make a choice between earning a wage and protecting the safety of themselves and their families," Employment Minister Tony Burke said as the law was passed.What is paid family and domestic violence leave and how does it work?
A close relative is defined as a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a current or former spouse or de facto partner, or a person related to the employee according to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kinship rules.The payment will be whatever the employee would have earned if they had been at work.
Casual employees will be paid at their full pay rate for the hours they were rostered to work in the period they took leave.
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