Section 106 — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Payment for compassionate leave (other than for casual employees)

If, in accordance with this Subdivision, an employee, other than a casual employee, takes a period of compassionate leave, the employer must pay the employee at the employee’s base rate of pay for the employee’s ordinary hours of work in the period.

Note: For casual employees, compassionate leave is unpaid leave.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 103 — Taking unpaid carer’s leave
s 104 — Entitlement to compassionate leave
s 105 — Taking compassionate leave
s 106A — Entitlement to paid family and domestic violence leave
s 106B — Taking paid family and domestic violence leave
s 106BA — Payment for paid family and domestic violence leave

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