Grandparent Leave. An Employee, who is or will be the Primary Caregiver of a grandchild, is entitled to a period of up to 52 weeks’ continuous unpaid grandparent leave in respect of the birth or adoption of the grandchild of the Employee.
Grandparent Leave. (a) An employee shall be entitled to one (1) working day with pay to support his daughter or son on or following the birth of a grandchild.
Grandparent Leave. If an employee's accumulated sick leave total will provide a sufficient number of days, an employee covered by this Agreement may use up to five (5) days of his or her sick leave upon the birth of a grandchild or a step grand- child or upon adoption of an infant by a child or step-child. An employee may exhaust their sick leave to do this but will be limited to five (5) days for this purpose per occurrence. An employee with less than five days accumulated sick leave will be granted the number of sick leave days that remain unused in his or her total. This leave must be granted by the Superintendent or his/her designee and taken within sixty (60) calendar days of the birth of a grandchild, a step-grandchild, or the adoption of and within the sixty-calendar-day window provided. Sick leave used in this way shall be non-accumulative from year to year even though sick leave as sick leave is accumulative. The use of leave under this provision does not preclude the use of Personal Leave provided for under Sections 9.5 of this Agreement.
Grandparent Leave. You may take unpaid Grandparent Leave for up to 12 months as the primary carer for your grandchild before they commence school. You and your Manager will need to agree when and how you take the Grandparent Leave – in a single block, a number of blocks, a regular day each week or some other suitable arrangement but it cannot exceed 12 months in total.
Grandparent Leave.
39.1. A staff member, other than a casual, with 12 months continuous service shall be entitled to 12 months grandparent leave to undertake the care of their grandchild in accordance with this clause. A fixed term staff member will not be entitled to grandparent leave beyond the expiry of their contract.
39.2. A grandparent is the parent of one of the parents of a child requiring care for which the grandparent leave is sought, whether by marriage, de facto relationship, adoption, guardianship or same sex relationships.
39.3. The grandchild is the natural or the adopted child of the staff member’s child or their partner’s child, arising out of a marriage, a de facto relationship, same sex couple relationship or as a single parent.
39.4. When making an application for leave the supervisor may request proof that the child is the grandchild of the staff member.
39.5. Grandparent leave will:
(a) normally be taken in a single block;
(b) not be unreasonably refused by the supervisor;
(c) be taken as leave without pay and will not break the staff member’s service with the University nor will the staff member accrue any entitlements during this period of approved absence; and
(d) be approved following the staff member having made application to utilise available annual leave or long service accruals.
39.6. Taking a period of annual leave or long service leave does not prevent a staff member applying for and having grandparent leave granted.
39.7. Where practicable a staff member shall advise the University in writing ten weeks’ prior to commencing unpaid grandparent leave of the dates of the leave to be taken. If the scheduled return date changes, the staff member will provide four weeks’ notice of the date of return.
39.8. A staff member will be entitled to return from grandparent leave to their substantive position or an agreed alternative position. A request for return to part time hours will not be unreasonably refused.
39.9. If returning from leave on a part time basis, an individual flexibility arrangement will be entered into between the staff member and the University.
Grandparent Leave. When an employee covered by this Agreement submits leave for grandparent leave, they may use two sick days. Employees may submit requests for additional leave based upon their available discretionary leave, not to exceed five days. Leave must be taken within one month of the birth/adoption of a grandchild. Leave must be taken consecutively.
Grandparent Leave. An Employee, who is or will be the Primary Caregiver of a grandchild, is entitled to a period of up to 52 weeks’ continuous unpaid grandparent leave in respect of the birth or adoption of the grandchild of the Employee. The Employer may require a pregnant Employee to provide a medical certificate stating that the Employee is fit to work their normal duties where the Employee: continues to work within a six week period immediately prior to the expected date of birth of the child; or is on paid leave under clause 51.12(b). The Employer may require the Employee to start parental leave if the Employee: does not give the Employer the requested certificate within seven days of the request; or gives the Employer a medical certificate stating that the Employee is unfit to work.
Grandparent Leave. A TEACHER may use any combination of their available sick and/or personal days for a total of five (5) days to visit a grandchild surrounding the time of his/her birth. The time off must be within thirty (30) calendar days of the birth of the grandchild and can only be taken by the TEACHER once per grandchild. The TEACHER may not extend the five (5) days leave by taking additional available personal days adjacent to any sick/grandparent days.
Grandparent Leave. In an academic year, grandparents can take up to 3 days of paid leave, using accumulated sick leave, within 2 weeks following the delivery of a grandchild.
Grandparent Leave. An Employee, who is or will be the Primary Caregiver of a grandchild, is entitled to a period of up to 52 weeks’ continuous unpaid grandparent leave in respect of the birth or adoption of the grandchild of the Employee. An Employee whose Child is born through a surrogacy arrangement which complies with Part 4 of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 (Vic) (or successor instrument), is eligible to access the parental leave entitlements outlined in clause 56. The Employer may require a pregnant Employee to provide a medical certificate stating that the Employee is fit to work their normal duties where the Employee: continues to work within a six week period immediately prior to the expected date of birth of the Child; or is on paid leave under clause 55.14(b). The Employer may require the Employee to start parental leave if the Employee: does not give the Employer the requested certificate within seven days of the request; or gives the Employer a medical certificate stating that the Employee is unfit to work.
