Common use of General Entitlement Clause in Contracts

General Entitlement. (a) Employees who are primary carers as defined in the Act are entitled to the following: (i) Parental leave of up to twelve months without pay for employees with at least one year’s service at the time of commencing leave. (ii) Parental leave of up to six months without pay for employees with less than one year’s service at the time of commencing leave. (b) Employees intending to take parental leave are required to give not less than three months’ notice in writing and the application is to be accompanied by a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner or midwife certifying the expected date of delivery. The provision is waived in the case of adoption or circumstances outside the control of the employee. (c) Employees are required to give at least one month’s notice of return to work. (d) The maximum period of parental leave may be taken by either the employee exclusively or may be shared by the employee and their partner either concurrently or consecutively. This applies whether or not one or both partners are employed by the employer. (e) The parental leave may be taken in more than one continuous period, with the start and finish dates of each additional period, and any extension of parental leave past the anniversary date of the commencement of parental leave, to be agreed between the employer and the employee. (f) An employee returning from parental leave may request the employer to vary the proportion of full-time employment from that which applied before the leave was taken. The granting of such a request shall be at the discretion of the employer.

General Entitlement. (a) Employees who are primary carers as defined in the Act are entitled to the following: (i) Parental leave of up to twelve months without pay for employees with at least one year’s service at the time of commencing leave. (ii) Parental leave of up to six months without pay for employees with less than one year’s service at the time of commencing leave. (b) Employees intending to take parental leave are required to give not less than three months’ notice in writing and the application is to be accompanied by a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner or midwife certifying the expected date of delivery. The provision is waived in the case of adoption or circumstances outside the control of the employee. (c) Employees are required to give at least one month’s notice of return to work. (d) The maximum period of parental leave may be taken by either the employee exclusively or may be shared by the employee and their partner either concurrently or consecutively. This applies whether or not one or both partners are employed by the employer. (e) The parental leave may be taken in more than one continuous period, with the start and finish dates of each additional period, and any extension of parental leave past the anniversary date of the commencement of parental leave, to be agreed between the employer and the employee. (f) An employee returning from parental leave may request the employer to vary the proportion of full-time full‐time employment from that which applied before the leave was taken. The granting of such a request shall be at the discretion of the employer.