Management of leave accruals. 26.5.1 Annual leave shall generally be taken at a mutually agreed time, and shall be cumulative from year to year. 26.5.2 Annual leave accruals will be monitored by the relevant supervisor and discussed at least on an annual basis, usually at the same time as the annual performance review. Where an employee has accrued over four weeks leave, the employee and their supervisor shall attempt to reach an agreement about a plan for the time for taking leave over the next twelve months, in order to keep accruals below six weeks where practicable. 26.5.3 The intention is that normally employees will take four weeks annual leave each year. Therefore extended periods of leave of more than four weeks at a time should be rare. Approval for extended periods of leave will be on the basis of forward planning and subject to operational requirements and budget, or in unusual circumstances. 26.5.4 Where the accrued annual leave is greater than eight weeks and agreement on taking the leave has not been reached, the employer may, with at least four weeks notice, direct the employee to take sufficient leave to reduce the accrual to six weeks.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Management of leave accruals. 26.5.1 37.3.1 Annual leave shall generally be taken at a mutually agreed time, and shall be cumulative from year to year.
26.5.2 Annual leave accruals will be monitored by the relevant supervisor and discussed at least on an annual basis, usually at the same time as the annual performance review. 37.3.2 Where an employee has accrued over four weeks weeks’ leave, the employee and their supervisor manager shall attempt to reach an agreement about a plan for the time for taking leave over the next twelve months, in order to keep accruals below six weeks where practicableweeks.
26.5.3 37.3.3 The intention is that normally employees will take four weeks five weeks’ annual leave each year. Therefore Therefore, extended periods of leave of more than four five weeks at a time should be rare. Approval for extended periods of leave will be on the basis of forward planning and subject to operational requirements and budget, or in unusual circumstances.
26.5.4 37.3.4 Where the accrued annual leave is greater than eight weeks (or 10 weeks for a shiftworker) and agreement on taking the leave has not been reached, the employer may, with at least four weeks eight weeks’ notice, direct the employee to take sufficient leave to reduce the accrual to six weeksweeks in accordance with clause 37.4.
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Samples: Multi Enterprise Agreement