In Australia can you take Personal leave to look after a sick child or partner?
<p>Under Australian employment law are you allowed to take personal leave to look after a sick child or partner? </p>

<p>Is personal leave the correct category or does it depend on employment terms?</p>

<p>According to <a href="https://www.fairwork.gov.au/how-we-will-help/templates-and-guides/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/personal-leave-and-compassionate-leave#personal-carers-leave" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the Australian government itself</a>, not only children and partners, and not only for sickness, but all immediate family of the employee (and of their partner if applicable) and for &quot;unexpected emergencies&quot; as well.</p>
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<p>An employee may take paid personal/carer’s leave:</p>
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<li><p>if they are unfit for work because of their own personal illness or injury (including pregnancy-related illness), or</p>
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<li><p>to provide care or support to a member of their immediate family or household, because of a personal illness, injury or unexpected emergency affecting the member. A member of the employee’s immediate family means a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of an employee; or a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee’s spouse or de facto partner.</p>
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