Common use of Further Sick Leave Provisions Clause in Contracts

Further Sick Leave Provisions. 4.2.1 Aggregate employment for Sick Leave purposes (a) For the purposes of sick leave, “aggregate employment” means: (i) All full time and part-time employment as a teacher or principal in any state or state-integrated school; (ii) Any employment recognised under clause 4.2.2(a) below; (iii) All short-term relief worked in any state or state-integrated school on the basis that every 190 days or 950 hours equals one year of employment. (b) The amount of sick leave available to a teacher returning to the teaching service following a break in employment will be the balance that applied on their last day of employment plus any additional employment that may be credited under clause 4.2.2(a) below. Any part-year employment completed prior to the break in service will be counted towards the timing of the next entitlement after return to service. Further entitlements will be granted when the teacher reaches the next entitlement threshold as outlined in clause 4.1.2(a) above. 4.2.2 Recognition of additional employment for sick leave purposes (a) Upon first appointment to a teaching position in a state or state-integrated school, or following a break in employment, the following employment outside of teaching service in state or state-integrated schools will be recognised for sick leave purposes: (i) Employment as a teacher or principal in a New Zealand free kindergarten association, university, or polytechnic and/or employment as a teacher in Fiji, Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa or Niue registered schools. For this purpose, permanent part-time employment and non-permanent employment that consists of employment for 20 hours or more per week will be recognised as full-time employment under this Agreement. Non-permanent part-time employment of less than 20 hours per week will be credited as follows: • 80 hours are recognised as the equivalent of one month of employment under this Agreement, or • 1000 hours are recognised as the equivalent of one year of employment under this Agreement. (ii) Employment in the New Zealand Public Service and/or Armed Forces may be credited on such terms as the Secretary for Education may agree. (b) Any sick leave entitlement credited under clause 4.2.2(a) shall be reduced by the amount of sick leave taken during the applicable periods of employment. 4.2.3 Taking sick leave (a) A teacher, other than a short-term reliever, who has sick leave entitlement available under clause 4.1.1 or, from 28 January 2024, clause 4.1.2, can take sick leave on pay when they are absent because they are sick or injured or the teacher’s spouse, partner, or someone dependent on the teacher for care is sick or injured. (b) The employer may grant paid sick leave in advance from the teacher’s next annual entitlement i.e., up to 10 days, which will be deducted from their next entitlement. (c) Teachers will have sick leave deducted from their entitlement as follows: (i) Sick leave is only deducted on days that the school is open for instruction, and on which the teacher would normally have worked. (ii) For full time teachers, sick leave will not be deducted for an absence that is less than two hours. (iii) For part time teachers, sick leave will not be deducted for an absence that is less than 25% of the hours normally worked on that day.

Further Sick Leave Provisions. ‌ 4.2.1 Aggregate employment for Sick Leave purposes (a) For the purposes of sick leave, “aggregate employment” means: (i) All full time and part-time employment as a teacher or principal in any state or state-integrated school; (ii) Any employment recognised under clause 4.2.2(a) below; (iii) All short-term relief worked in any state or state-integrated school on the basis that every 190 days or 950 hours equals one year of employment. (b) The amount of sick leave available to a teacher returning to the teaching service following a break in employment will be the balance that applied on their last day of employment plus any additional employment that may be credited under clause 4.2.2(a) below. Any part-year employment completed prior to the break in service will be counted towards the timing of the next entitlement after return to service. Further entitlements will be granted when the teacher reaches the next entitlement threshold as outlined in clause 4.1.2(a) above. 4.2.2 Recognition of additional employment for sick leave purposes (a) Upon first appointment to a teaching position in a state or state-state- integrated school, or following a break in employment, the following employment outside of teaching service in state or state-integrated schools will be recognised for sick leave purposes: (i) Employment as a teacher or principal in a New Zealand free kindergarten association, university, or polytechnic and/or employment as a teacher in Fiji, Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa or Niue registered schools. For this purpose, permanent part-time employment and non-permanent employment that consists of employment for 20 hours or more per week will be recognised as full-time employment under this Agreement. Non-permanent part-time employment of less than 20 hours per week will be credited as follows: • 80 hours are recognised as the equivalent of one month of employment under this Agreement, or • 1000 hours are recognised as the equivalent of one year of employment under this Agreement. (ii) Employment in the New Zealand Public Service and/or Armed Forces may be credited on such terms as the Secretary for Education may agree. (b) Any sick leave entitlement credited under clause 4.2.2(a) shall be reduced by the amount of sick leave taken during the applicable periods of employment. 4.2.3 Taking sick leave (a) A teacher, other than a short-term reliever, who has sick leave entitlement available under clause 4.1.1 or, from 28 January 2024, clause 4.1.2, can take sick leave on pay when they are absent because they are sick or injured or the teacher’s spouse, partner, or someone dependent on the teacher for care is sick or injured. (b) The employer may grant paid sick leave in advance from the teacher’s next annual entitlement i.e., up to 10 days, which will be deducted from their next entitlement. (c) Teachers will have sick leave deducted from their entitlement as follows: (i) Sick leave is only deducted on days that the school is open for instruction, and on which the teacher would normally have worked. (ii) For full time teachers, sick leave will not be deducted for an absence that is less than two hours. (iii) For part time teachers, sick leave will not be deducted for an absence that is less than 25% of the hours normally worked on that day.