Entitlement to Training. Training must be sufficient and adequate. The Employer must give such training under this Agreement as follows:
Entitlement to Training. The employee is entitled to training in order to achieve the desired development and develops initiatives to that end. The employer supports the employee in taking his responsibility and ensures that the employee is actually able to follow the required training. The employer takes account of the possibilities and wishes of the employee with regard to their current and future performance.
Entitlement to Training. The Employer will, if requested by a workplace delegate, provide them with access to up to 5 days per annum (non-cumulative) of paid time during normal working hours to attend training related to representation of the industrial interests of eligible Employees subject to the following conditions: Paid training time described above is granted to no more than one Employee Representative per 30 eligible Employees. In determining the number of eligible Employees only regular casual employees who have been engaged by the Employer for more than 6 months will be counted. The Employee Representative must give the Employer as much notice as practicable and no less than 2 weeks’ notice of the date of the training. The Employer will advise the Employee Representative as soon as practicable after their application whether it has approved the paid time to attend the training. Such approval will not be unreasonably withheld. The Employee Representative will, if requested, provide the Employer with proof of attendance including start and finish times and an outline of the training content within (7) days after the day the training ends. Paid time is the ordinary hours the Employee Representative would normally be rostered to work on a day on which they are absent to attend the training. Paid time does not include any other activities ancillary to the training or travel time to attend the training.
