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Babysitter's emergency gives rise to carer's leave, FWC rules
In a decision with implications for the interpretation of the NES personal leave standard, a senior member of the Fair Work Commission has ruled that the Groote Eylandt Mining Company should have allowed a FIFO worker to take carer's leave when child-minding arrangements for her 14-year-old son during school holidays fell through four days before she was to fly out from Cairns.
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