Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:93
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 93
Character Range: 357032–358282

93  Modern awards and enterprise agreements may include terms relating to cashing out and taking paid annual leave

Terms about cashing out paid annual leave
 (1) A modern award or enterprise agreement may include terms providing for the cashing out of paid annual leave by an employee.
 (2) The terms must require that:
 (a) paid annual leave must not be cashed out if the cashing out would result in the employee's remaining accrued entitlement to paid annual leave being less than 4 weeks; and
 (b) each cashing out of a particular amount of paid annual leave must be by a separate agreement in writing between the employer and the employee; and
 (c) the employee must be paid at least the full amount that would have been payable to the employee had the employee taken the leave that the employee has forgone.

Terms about requirements to take paid annual leave
 (3) A modern award or enterprise agreement may include terms requiring an employee, or allowing for an employee to be required, to take paid annual leave in particular circumstances, but only if the requirement is reasonable.

Terms about taking paid annual leave
 (4) A modern award or enterprise agreement may include terms otherwise dealing with the taking of paid annual leave.