What the official record says
This Act is the Employment Leave Act . This Act comes into force on the second anniversary of Royal assent. However,— comes into force on the day after Royal assent; and and to come into force on . The purpose of this Act is to promote balance between work and other aspects of employees’ lives and, to that end, to— provide employees with minimum entitlements to— annual leave to give them the opportunity to take paid time away from work: public holidays for the observance of days of national, religious, or cultural significance: sick leave to assist employees who are unable to work because they are sick or injured, or because people who depend on them are sick or injured: bereavement leave to assist employees who are unable to work because they have suffered a bereavement: family violence l