Removing the stigma: Access to family and domestic violence leave
In 2014, the Australian Council of Trade Unions sought to vary all modern awards to include an entitlement to 10 days of paid Family and Domestic Violence (‘FDV’) leave per year. That claim was rejected by the Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’), but in July 2017 the FWC expressed a preliminary view that all employees should have access to unpaid FDV leave. That preliminary view was subsequently confirmed by the FWC in March 2018 and all modern awards were varied to include a right for all employees (including casuals) to take five days unpaid FDV in each 12 month period from 1 August 2018…
