By the Secretary Sample Clauses

By the Secretary. The Secretary may only give such a direction to meet essential operational requirements. The department’s reduced activity period commences on the last working day (being a weekday) before Christmas Day, to New Years Day (inclusive). Employees who are not required to attend for duty during the reduced activity period will access three days of their accrued annual leave for this period. Where, due to essential operational requirements, the Secretary directs an employee or group(s) of employees to attend work on some or all of the working days during the reduced activity period, employees will use their annual leave credits for any period during the reduced activity period where they are not required to attend for work. In determining the essential operational requirements of a workplace, team or business line, the Secretary will take into account: the capacity of a workplace, team or business line to meet its internal or external service delivery requirements; and the needs and preferences of employees in that workplace, team or business line to take leave during the relevant period. Where an employee has approved parenting leave (maternity, maternal, supporting partner, adoption or ▇▇▇▇▇▇) or long service leave on both sides of the reduced activity period, the employee is not required to use annual leave for this period. Annual leave during the reduced activity period may be re-credited in accordance with subclause F9.12. Where an employee is not required to attend for duty for all or part of the reduced activity period and has insufficient annual leave then leave without pay to count as service for all purposes may be granted for the period where paid leave is not available. Part GGENERAL EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS A26Casual employees The Secretary may employ casual employees in accordance with section 22(2)(c) of the Public Service Act 1999 as amended or replaced from time to time (irregular and intermittent duties). Casual employees will receive a salary loading of 20% in lieu of public holidays not worked, and all paid leave entitlements, other than long service leave. Such employees will accrue long service leave in accordance with the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976. The loading is calculated in accordance with the employee’s base annual salary rate. Casual employees may access unpaid leave for personal, carer’s, compassionate and bereavement purposes. A27Emergency management situations In the event that the department is required to ...