Paid Parental Leave Entitlements. (a) A full time employee who has completed 52 weeks continuous service with RFNSW may access a total of 7 weeks paid Parental Leave (Maternity, Primary Carer or Adoption leave) under the Agreement per pregnancy/adoption.
(b) Part time employees may access a pro-rata amount of the full time parental leave provisions, based on an average of ordinary hours worked over the previous 12 months.
(c) The pay rate for paid Parental Leave is calculated on the ordinary time earnings of the employee at the time the leave is taken, exclusive of penalty rates.
(d) Eligible casual employees are not entitled to paid Parental Leave, however will be entitled to unpaid Parental Leave.
(e) Where both parents of the child are employees of RFNSW, the two employees may only access one allocation of paid Parental Leave entitlements per pregnancy/adoption, however may share the entitlement.
(f) Paid Parental Leave shall consist of an unbroken period of leave.
(g) Untaken paid Parental Leave cannot be accrued for future periods of leave taken after the child’s first birthday, or after 12 months from the placement date in the case of adoption.
Paid Parental Leave Entitlements. In addition to making available unpaid parental leave to employees in accordance with Clauses 55.2 and 55.3, the University provides for part or all of the period of parental leave referred to in Clauses 55.2 and 55.3 to be taken as paid leave as follows:
Paid Parental Leave Entitlements. (a) All Employees eligible for unpaid parental leave under the NES who have completed at least 12 months continuous service and who will be a primary caregiver are entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks paid parental leave (to be taken concurrently with their unpaid parental leave entitlement, rather than in addition). Employees may elect to take this leave at half pay over 24 weeks.
(b) A maximum of 10 days paid leave is provided for Employees eligible for unpaid parental leave under the NES who have completed at least 12 months continuous service and who will be a secondary caregiver. Leave is to be taken between three weeks prior and six weeks after the birth or placement of the child (to be taken concurrently with their unpaid parental leave entitlement, rather than in addition).
(c) Annual and long service leave (where available) can be taken in conjunction with parental leave. However, the entire period of absence cannot be more than 52 weeks, inclusive of paid annual leave and paid parental leave. Thus, the Employee’s return-to-work date can be no more than 12 months after the commencement date of parental leave (unless there is a request for an extension of parental leave granted in accordance with the NES). An Employee is not entitled to take paid personal/carer’s leave, compassionate leave or community service leave during a period of parental leave.
(d) The Employer will pay superannuation on paid parental leave.
