Common use of Exchange of Discretionary Leave Clause in Contracts

Exchange of Discretionary Leave. (i) The Employee and the Employer may agree in writing to exchange or convert the quantum of discretionary leave either in full (i.e. four weeks per leave year) or in part (but not less than one week). The Employee will be advised of his or her right to seek advice from TEU prior to any agreement. No Employee will be required to exchange or convert his or her discretionary leave. (ii) This agreed exchange will be for a fixed period and/or for an agreed purpose. On expiry of the agreed term the Employee’s original remuneration and conditions of service, including the original terms of the discretionary leave, will apply unless a new Agreement is signed. (iii) Where the discretionary leave is exchanged for salary the Employee shall be compensated at the rate of 2.5% of salary for each week exchanged. This 2.5% per week salary increase becomes part of the Employee’s total salary from the time the leave is exchanged, is in effect. (iv) The exchange or conversion of Discretionary Leave does not affect the workload provisions relating to teaching days or teaching hours (refer to clause 5.3 and to the University’s Workload Policy). (v) Should discretionary leave be exchanged for an Employee at the commencement of his or her employment, such exchange shall not remove the requirements under clause 7.2(a) relating to professional development for a permanent Employee without significant prior teaching experience. In the case of such an Employee not demonstrating the required capabilities through an appropriate Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process, the Employer shall make available to the Employee the time necessary (up to 12 weeks) in order to undertake the professional development required. In such circumstances the Employer shall make the time required for professional development available to the Employee by sufficient reduction of TTH.

Exchange of Discretionary Leave. (ia) The Employee employer and the Employer employee may agree in writing to exchange or convert the quantum of discretionary leave either in full (i.e. four weeks per leave year) or in part (but not less than one week). The Employee employee will be advised of his or her their right to seek advice from TEU prior to any agreement. No Employee employee will be required to exchange or convert his or her their discretionary leave. (iib) This agreed exchange will would be for a fixed period and/or and for an agreed purpose. On expiry of the agreed term the Employee’s employee's original remuneration and conditions of service, including the original terms of the discretionary leave, will apply unless a new Agreement agreement is signed. This is in accordance with the Research and Study Leave Policy. (iiic) Where the discretionary leave is exchanged for salary the Employee employee shall be compensated at the rate of 2.52% of salary for each week exchanged. This 2.5% per week salary increase becomes part . d) Up to four weeks of the Employee’s total salary from discretionary leave may be accumulated to be exchanged for industry refresher leave or research and study leave; this exchange shall be on a week for week basis. In such cases the time employee may not be required to produce research or other forms of outcomes unless the leave employee is exchanged, is also in effectreceipt of a grant for which the polytechnic requires a specific outcome. (ive) The exchange or conversion of Discretionary Leave discretionary leave does not affect the workload provisions relating to teaching days or teaching hours (refer to clause 5.3 and hours. f) The exchange or conversion of discretionary leave shall only have application to the University’s Workload Policyemployee who has agreed in writing to the agreed terms. Other employees shall continue to be covered by Part B 3.1 ( Academic) and Part C 5.3 (Allied). (vg) Should discretionary leave be exchanged for an Employee employee at the commencement of his or her their employment, such exchange shall not remove the requirements under clause 7.2(a) relating to professional development for a permanent Employee employee without significant prior teaching experience. In the case of such an Employee employee not demonstrating the required capabilities through an appropriate Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process, the Employer employer shall make available to the Employee employee the time necessary (up to 12 weeks) in order to undertake the professional development required. In such circumstances the Employer employer shall make the time required for professional development available to the Employee employee by sufficient reduction of TTH.

Exchange of Discretionary Leave. (i) The Employee employer and the Employer employee may agree in writing to exchange or convert the quantum of discretionary leave either in full (i.e. four weeks per leave year) or in part (but not less than one week). The Employee employee will be advised of his or her their right to seek advice from TEU prior to any agreement. No Employee employee will be required to exchange or convert his or her their discretionary leave. (ii) This agreed exchange will would be for a fixed period and/or and for an agreed purpose. On expiry of the agreed term the Employee’s employee's original remuneration and conditions of service, including the original terms of the discretionary leave, will apply unless a new Agreement agreement is signed. This is in accordance with the Research and Study Leave Policy 1101. (iii) Where the discretionary leave is exchanged for salary the Employee employee shall be compensated at the rate of 2.52% of salary for each week exchanged. This 2.5% per week salary increase becomes part of the Employee’s total salary from the time the leave is exchanged, is in effect. (iv) Up to four weeks of the discretionary leave may be accumulated to be exchanged for industry refresher leave or research and study leave; this exchange shall be on a week for week basis. In such cases the employee may not be required to produce research or other forms of outcomes unless the employee is also in receipt of a grant for which the polytechnic requires a specific outcome. (v) The exchange or conversion of Discretionary Leave discretionary leave does not affect the workload provisions relating to teaching days or teaching hours hours. (refer to clause 5.3 and vi) The exchange or conversion of discretionary leave shall only have application to the University’s Workload Policyemployee who has agreed in writing to the agreed terms. Other employees shall continue to be covered by subclauses 6.6 (a), (b), (c). (vvii) Should discretionary leave be exchanged for an Employee employee at the commencement of his or her their employment, such exchange shall not remove the requirements under clause 7.2(a) relating to professional development for a permanent Employee employee without significant prior teaching experience. In the case of such an Employee employee not demonstrating the required capabilities through an appropriate Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process, the Employer employer shall make available to the Employee employee the time necessary (up to 12 weeks) in order to undertake the professional development required. In such circumstances the Employer employer shall make the time required for professional development available to the Employee employee by sufficient reduction of TTH.