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Community service leave
This chapter explains your obligations when your employees are entitled to community service leave under relevant legislation.
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Community service leave is an entitlement to be absent from employment when engaging in an eligible community service activity.
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A voluntary emergency management activity (VEMA) is a voluntary activity that involves dealing with an emergency or natural disaster.
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Jury service is the obligation to serve as a juror in court.
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An employee’s entitlement to community service leave may be found in various legislation, awards and enterprise agreements.
![Where are community service leave provisions found?]()
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Minimum entitlements to community service leave are set out in the NES.
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Avoid disciplining or dismissing an employee who refuses your request to work when they are otherwise eligible to take leave for a VEMA under applicable state or territory legislation.
![When can an employee take community service leave under the NES?]()
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Although non-national system employers are not governed by the NES, they must still comply with any state or territory laws that provide for community service leave entitlements.
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Modern awards and enterprise agreements may impose certain obligations on you.
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In addition to state and territory protections for employees undertaking community service, the FW Act general protections scheme protects employees from having adverse action taken against them because they take community service leave.
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Employees undertaking community service leave have protections under state and territory legislation.
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