Flexible Working Arrangements for Parents. 1.25.22.1 Where an Employee is the parent (or has responsibility for the care) of a child of school age or younger, or is the parent of a child who is under the age of 18 years and has a disability, or is otherwise eligible under the NES, the Employee may, in accordance with the NES, request a change in working arrangements to assist in caring for the child.
1.25.22.2 All other matters pertaining to Parental Leave not covered in this clause 1.25 will be applied in accordance with the NES.
Flexible Working Arrangements for Parents. 6.10.1. An employee who is a parent, or has responsibility for the care of a child under school age or a child under 18 who has a disability, may request flexible working arrangements, including part-time hours. The employee is not eligible to make this request unless they have completed at least 12 months of continuous qualifying service (the chief executive officer may waive this requirement in exceptional circumstances).
6.10.2. A casual employee engaged for irregular or intermittent duties may only request flexible work arrangements if the employee:
(a) is a long term casual employee immediately before making the request; and
(b) has reasonable expectation of continuing employment on a regular and systematic basis. note: ‘long term casual employee’ is defined at s.12 of the Fair Work Act 2009.
6.10.3. A request made in accordance with clause 6.10.1 must be in writing and set out details of the change sought and the reasons for the change. The chief executive officer will respond in writing to the request within 21 days and will only refuse on reasonable business grounds. Where the request is refused, the response will include reasons for the refusal.
6.10.4. for the purposes of this clause:
(a) ‘qualifying service’ means service that is recognised for redundancy pay purposes;
(b) ‘casual’ means an employee engaged on an irregular or intermittent basis.
Flexible Working Arrangements for Parents. Where an Employee is the parent of a child under school age or the parent of a child who is under the age of 18 years and has a disability,
Flexible Working Arrangements for Parents. An employee who is a parent, or has responsibility for the care of a child under school age or a child under 18 who has a disability, may request flexible working arrangements, including part-time hours. The employee is not eligible to make this request unless they have completed at least 12 months of continuous qualifying service. (The Secretary may waive this requirement in exceptional circumstances). A casual employee engaged for irregular or intermittent duties may only request flexible work arrangements if the employee:
a) is a long term casual employee immediately before making the request; and
b) has reasonable expectation of continuing employment on a regular and systematic basis. Note: 'long term casual employee' is defined at s.12 of the Fair Work Act 2009. A request must be in writing and set out the details of the change sought and the reasons for the change. The Secretary will respond in writing to the request within 21 calendar days and will only refuse on reasonable grounds. Where the request is refused, the response will include reasons for the refusal. For the purposes of this clause:
a) qualifying service' means service that is recognised for redundancy pay purposes;
b) casual' means an employee engaged on an irregular or intermittent basis.
Flexible Working Arrangements for Parents. 50.1 A request for flexible working arrangements may be made by an employee to assist him or her to care for a child if the child is:
(a) Under school age; or
(b) Under 18 and has a disability.
50.2 Flexible working arrangements include (but are not limited to) the following:
(a) Changes in hours of work (part-time working arrangements, reduction of work hours, changes to start or finish times);
(b) Changes in patterns of work (job sharing arrangements);
(c) Changes in location of work (working from home or working from another location).
50.3 A request for flexible working arrangements must be made in writing and must set out the details of the changes sought and the reasons for the changes.
50.4 If reasonably possible, the Chief Executive Officer and the employee will enter into a mutually agreeable flexible working arrangement that balances the needs of IBA and the employee.
50.5 The Chief Executive Officer will give the employee a written response to the request within 21 days, stating whether he grants or refuses the request.
50.6 The Chief Executive Officer will only refuse a request for flexible working arrangements where there are reasonable business grounds for the refusal. If the Chief Executive Officer refuses the request, he will provide the employee with details of the reasons for his refusal.
