Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_638
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 638
Character Range: 1493015–1494156

638       Aged Care Worker COVID‑19 Leave Payments                                                                                                             To provide, as a sickness benefit (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution), payments to individuals (through the reimbursement of payments made by an individual's employer) who:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) provide aged care services (including home care services); and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) are unable to earn their usual income due to testing positive for the coronavirus known as COVID‑19; and
                                                                                                                                                               (c) have, or had, no available paid sick leave entitlements to cover the period of their inability to earn their usual income.