Please see the Fair Work Australia page: For compassionate and bereavement leave entitlement.
Specific details from this website link:
Employees are entitled to 2 days compassionate leave each time they meet the criteria.
Employees can take compassionate leave as:
a single continuous 2 day period.
2 separate periods of 1 day each.
any separate periods as agreed with their employer.
Employees don't accumulate compassionate leave and it's not a part of their sick and carer's leave entitlement. Employees can take compassionate leave any time they need it.
If an employee is already on another type of leave (for example, annual leave) and needs to take compassionate leave, they can use compassionate leave instead of the other leave.
Bereavement leave is not accrued for an employee. However, this type of leave can be recorded if required.
For Compassionate/Bereavement leave, as of the release of Attaché Version 23.1, you can now:
Set up an income type for Compassionate/Bereavement Leave.
Set up a Leave Table for Compassionate/Bereavement Leave.
Link both to the new Compassionate Leave Income Category.
Track Compassionate/Bereavement Leave taken in the Employee Masterfile, Leave tab.
Report on Compassionate/Bereavement Leave taken using the Payroll Leave History report.
Set up a Compassionate/Bereavement Leave Income Type
To set up the Income type for bereavement/compassionate leave, choose Setups, Payroll, Income Types, Income Type, Maintain, and set up as per screen shot below:
Set up a leave table for Compassionate/Bereavement Leave
To set up a leave type for bereavement/compassionate leave, choose Setups, Payroll, Leave Tables, Income Type, Maintain, and set up as per screen shots below:
Note: Because employees don't accumulate compassionate leave (as per Fair Work details above), The leave table is set up purely to be able to link and display compassionate leave TAKEN on the Employee Masterfile, Leave tab.
Set up Compassionate/Bereavement Leave on the Employee Masterfile
Go to Payroll, Masterfiles, Employee Details, Maintain, Leave tab.
Set the leave table as per the screen shot below:
📌 Note:
After setting up the items above, when a timesheet is processed that includes a line for Compassionate/Bereavement leave, it will display as a Negative Entitlement Owing amount against the Compassionate row in the Employee Masterfile, Leave tab, as per screen shot below:
You can now use the Leave History Report (Payroll, Reports, Leave, Leave History) to track amounts of Compassionate/Bereavement leave taken.
