Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If an employee is taking carer's leave to care for and support a member of the employee's immediate family or household who is ill, the employee must, if required by the employer, produce a doctor's certificate or statutory declaration evidencing that the member is ill with an illness requiring care by another.
(2) An employee must, if practicable, give the employer—
(a) notice of the intention to take carer's leave before taking the leave; and
(b) the name of the person requiring care and the person's relationship to the employee; and
(c) the reason for taking the leave; and
(d) the period that the employee estimates he or she will be absent; and
(e) if the reason for taking the leave is because an unexpected emergency has arisen, the nature of the emergency.
(3) If it is not practicable for the employee to notify the employer of the intention to take carer's leave before taking the leave, the employee must notify the employer at the first reasonable opportunity.