For employees covered by an award or agreement (including transitional award or agreement based instruments), cashing out of paid personal/carer’s leave is permitted if all of the following apply:
- the award or agreement allows it
- there must be a separate agreement in writing on each occasion that leave is cashed out
- the employee must retain a balance of at least 15 days of untaken paid personal/carer’s leave
- the employee must be paid at least the full amount that would have been payable if the employee had taken the leave that has been cashed out.
An employer must not exert undue influence or undue pressure on an employee to cash out a period of personal/carer’s leave.
An employee not covered by an award or agreement is not able to cash out paid personal/carer’s leave.
Compassionate leave can't be cashed out.