Whatever Cart_elevator. Of course you know all about my partner being sick don't you? You know I spoke with AMICUS on the day and informed
them my partner was sick?
Have you seen the medical certificates I provided to Qantas?
And I suggest you read up on European laws discriminating against the GLBT community and also the Employee rights act 1999 on taking time off to care for dependants.
Qantas breached all of them and it ain't over yet.
So you don't have to look it up-
'The right enables employees to take action which is necessary
to deal with an unexpected or sudden problem concerning a
dependant and make any necessary longer term arrangements.
The illness need not necessarily be life-threatening, and may be mental or physical.
Employees are protected from being penalised or dismissed
because they have taken, or have sought to take, time off under
this right. For example, someone who is moved to lower grade
work because they have exercised this right would be able to
make a complaint that they have suffered a detriment.
It is unfair to be dismissed or selected for redundancy for
taking, or seeking to take, time off under this right.
An employer should not take operational or business requirements into consideration.
There is no statutory requirement for the employee to produce evidence, either of the actual incident or their relationship to a dependant.'
Last edited by r3please; 27th Jan 2006 at 22:29.