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For more information visit our privacy policy.Public Holidays falling within Annual Leave (a) If a Public Holiday, as prescribed in this Agreement, falls within an Employee’s Annual Leave the Public Holiday does not constitute part of the Employee’s Annual Leave and will be paid as ordinary hours.
Annual Leave Annual leave is accrued, in any annual leave year, on a pro rata basis (at 8% of gross earnings, to date, given an annual leave entitlement of four weeks); • Each employee will receive a new entitlement to annual leave on the date of that employee’s anniversary of appointment; and • A new annual-leave year will begin, at that time, for that employee; • Annual leave shall be taken within the annual-leave year; • The granting of annual leave will be considered on the basis of any accrued entitlement; • The employer may grant annual leave in advance of the accrued entitlement; • Any request by an employee to take annual leave in advance of accrued entitlement must be in writing; • The employer may seek repayment for any annual leave granted in advance of accrued entitlement, at a time where an employee leaves their employment with the centre; • There will be a period of closure for a minimum of two (2) weeks at the end of the each calendar year to allow for employees to take a minimum two (2) weeks uninterrupted weeks of leave. • The employer shall not agree that where an employee is sick or injured (or her/his partner or dependant is sick or injured) on a public holiday that the employee can take the period of sickness or injury as sick leave; given • The centre is not open on such public holidays; • The employer shall agree that where an employee is sick or injured when on annual leave, the employee can take the period of sickness or injury as sick leave rather than annual leave provided that all annual leave can be taken by the end of the annual –leave year; • The employer shall require a medical certificate for periods where and employee is sick or injured (or her/his partner or dependant is sick or injured) when on annual leave, for any such day or days, unless there are exceptional circumstances; otherwise • The employer shall require a medical certificate for periods of absence on sick leave exceeding three (3) days, unless there are exceptional circumstances.