{"id":962,"date":"2016-05-23T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.findingsimple.com\/au\/resources\/resource\/employee-temporary-absence-provisions\/"},"modified":"2020-06-03T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:28:02","slug":"employee-temporary-absence-provisions","status":"publish","type":"insight_resource","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/resources\/resource\/employee-temporary-absence-provisions","title":{"rendered":"Dismissing an Ill or Injured Employee: Temporary Absence Provisions [Practice Note]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro-paragraph\">This <a href=\"http:\/\/legal.thomsonreuters.com.au\/products\/practical-law\/practice-areas\/employment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Practical Law Australia Employment Law<\/a> practice note examines when an employee is protected from dismissal due to a temporary absence from work while ill or injured under section 352 of the <em>Fair Work Act 2009<\/em> (Cth) and how to substantiate that the illness or injury is of a kind protected by the legislation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>Table of contents<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Temporary absence due to illness or injury<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Paid personal\/carer\u2019s leave<br \/>\n&#8211; Is workers\u2019 compensation considered paid personal leave?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Illness or injury of a kind prescribed by the FW Regulations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Causal connection between temporary absence and dismissal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lawful dismissal under temporary absence provisions does not preclude action under another area of industrial law<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Guidance for practitioners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Practical Law Australia Employment Law practice note examines when an employee is protected from dismissal due to a temporary absence from work while ill or injured under section 352&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":965,"template":"","categories":[625],"tags":[231,269,339,426,428,509],"resource_type":[626],"insight_job_role":[597,598,628],"insight_practice_area":[590],"class_list":["entry","author-practicallawwritingteam","post-962","insight_resource","type-insight_resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","category-research-and-know-how","tag-fair-work-act","tag-ill-and-injured-employees","tag-legal-know-how","tag-practical-law-australia","tag-practice-notes","tag-temporary-absence","resource_type-sample-chapter","insight_job_role-hr-ir-professional","insight_job_role-in-house-lawyer","insight_job_role-solicitor","insight_practice_area-employment-law","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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