Paid Parental Leave Entitlement. A Part-time Staff Member is entitled to paid parental leave in accordance with clause 41.3 proportionate to hours worked. A Birth Mother is entitled to up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave in association with the birth of their child, subject to: 12 months Continuous Service immediately prior to commencement of the parental leave; and the Staff Member being the child’s Primary Caregiver for the duration of the parental leave. A Staff Member who is either a Partner or Immediate Family or Member of Household is entitled to up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave in association with the birth of a child, subject to: 12 months’ Continuous Service immediately prior to commencement of the leave; and the Staff Member being the child’s Primary Caregiver for the duration of the leave. Where the Partner or Immediate Family or Member of Household is the Primary Caregiver on a Part-time basis during the paid parental leave they may take the leave period on separate days totalling 14 weeks instead of within the single continuous period. Such arrangement will be as agreed between the Partner or Immediate Family Member of Household and their Line Manager. A Staff Member is entitled to up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave in association with the placement for adoption with the Staff Member of a child, aged 5 years or younger, subject to: the responsibility for the care of the child commences immediately upon the placement of the child;
Paid Parental Leave Entitlement. An employee, other than a casual employee, will be entitled to paid parental leave under this clause provided the employee has completed at least twelve (12) months paid continuous service with the Blood Service, immediately prior to the birth or placement for adoption of a child.
Paid Parental Leave Entitlement. 42.3.1 A Part-time Staff Member is entitled to paid parental leave in accordance with Clause 42.3 proportionate to hours worked.
Paid Parental Leave Entitlement. (i) Where an employee is eligible for parental leave in accordance with the NES, excluding concurrent parental leave, the employee shall be entitled to the first fourteen (14) weeks of the leave taken as paid leave.
(ii) For an employee that is a teacher, the period of leave will not include any school vacation time.
(iii) An employee may elect to take paid parental leave as 28 weeks’ parental leave, being at half pay. This will not extend the total entitlement to paid and unpaid leave beyond the provisions of the NES.
(iv) The first portion of an employee’s absence on parental leave shall be the paid portion under this clause.
(v) Where an employee couple wishes to share paid parental leave and both are employees of the same school, they may share the paid parental leave provided that the following conditions are met:
A. In the case of the birth mother taking parental leave, the minimum period of paid parental leave following the birth of the child shall be six (6) weeks;
B. The employee taking the leave is the primary care giver for the child over the period of the leave and where the second member of the employee couple is to commence leave as the primary care giver, it shall be on the basis that the first member of the employee couple is returning to their pre-leave position at the school;
C. One (1) member of the employee couple ceases to be the primary care giver in order to return to their pre-leave position at the school, or in the Exceptional Circumstances referred to in clause 7.13(d)(v)(G);
D. At least ten (10) weeks prior to the intended start date for the leave, the school/s must be provided notice in writing of the period of paid parental leave which both members of the employee couple will be taking respectively;
E. Both members of the employee couple have completed at least one year’s continuous service with school/s party to this Agreement prior to the commencement date of the first employee’s parental leave, and continue to remain employees at the same school at which they were engaged prior to the leave for the duration of the paid parental leave period;
F. In the case of a member of the employee couple who is not the birth mother, that employee be permitted to access the balance of the period of paid parental leave within six (6) weeks of the birth of the child or otherwise earlier than intended, and on shorter notice than ten (10) weeks’ notice in 'Exceptional Circumstances' as defined in clause 7.13(d)(v)(G);
G. Exceptional Circumstan...
Paid Parental Leave Entitlement. 22.1. Where both parents are employed by Council, the primary care-giver will be eligible for nine (9) weeks paid parental leave, payable from the birth of the child, upon the completion of two years full time service.
