On top of these basic entitlements, there was provision for an additional two days' unpaid emergency carer's leave per occasion where an employee had exhausted their paid personal/carer's leave entitlements. Casual employees were also entitled to unpaid carer's leave. There was also provision for two days of paid compassionate leave per occasion, when a member of immediate family or household had a life-threatening illness or injury, or died. Compassionate leave operated separately from personal/carer's leave. This meant it was not necessary to exhaust personal/carer's leave entitlements to access compassionate leave.