Long service leave accrued prior to the issue of this agreement shall remain to the credit of each officer.
Long service leave accrued by an employee may be taken in one continuous period, or with the approval of the Company, in separate periods of no less than 1 week (Monday to Sunday) unless State legislation allows for the employee to avail less than a week. .
Long service leave accrued. PRIOR TO 1 JULY 1986
1. in relation to an employee’s 16th or any subsequent year of effective service which commenced on or after 1/7/75. NOTE: the entitlement to accrue 15 calendar days of long service leave in relation to an employee’s 16th or subsequent year of effective service ceased on 1 July 2011.
2. If an employee’s 16th or subsequent year of effective service commenced prior to but including 1/7/75, an apportionment is required to determine the employee’s entitlement for that year of service - refer to table below (in effect this is only required if an employee’s date of entry for long service leave purposes commenced on or before 1/7/60). Leave entitlements for the 1974-75 year are as follows: Commencement of 16th or Number of calendar days leave to be subsequent year of effective service credited for that year 1/7/74 - 31/7/74 9 1/8/74 - 30/9/74 10 1/10/74 - 31/11/74 11 1/12/74 - 29/1/75 12 30/1/75 - 31/3/75 13 1/4/75 - 31/5/75 14 1/6/75 - 30/6/75 15 The following examples relate to an employee with an effective service date of 12/3/1996 and who wishes to take long service leave commencing 23/2/2015. The employee has completed more than ten years effective service (18 years on 11/3/2014). The employee has also completed an additional 11 months of service between 12/3/2014 and 11/2/2015, but this does not count towards long service leave unless the employee’s employment is terminated and receives a payment for the value of the accrued entitlement. The employee worked 37.5 hours per week from commencement until 21/5/2005 where they commenced part time work at 22.5 hours per week. From 6/10/2012 the employee’s part time hours increased to 30 hours per week. The employee has the same number of calendar days of long service leave relative to their effective service as a full time employee; however the amount of paid leave available is calculated on the basis of the hours they would have worked had they attended for duty. Prior to 1 July 2011, an employee accrued an entitlement to long service leave at the rate of 9 calendar days for each completed year of effective service for the first 15 years of service and 15 calendar days for each subsequent completed year of service. Effective from 1 July 2011, the rate of accrual for all effective service is 9 calendar days for each completed year of effective service (refer: Statutes Amendment (Budget 2010) Act 2010). *Where an employee has, before 1 July 2011, completed at least 15 years of service, any comp...
Long service leave accrued in the first 10 years of service must be taken by the completion of the 13th year of service. Department managers are to ensure leave is taken within the allocated time.
