Pandemic Leave.
5.12.1 An employee is entitled to 20 days of paid pandemic leave per calendar year. This leave is in addition to any other form of leave to which an employee is entitled.
5.12.2 A health pandemic means a critical health issue, as identified by a declaration of a public health emergency made under Section 319 of the Public Health Act 2005 with respect to an actual or potential health pandemic.
5.12.3 Pandemic leave is available to full-time, part time and casual employees.
5.12.4 An employee may take paid leave if any of the following occur:
(a) The employee has been diagnosed with an infection during a health pandemic.
(b) The employee is unable to undertake work duties because the kindergarten has been shut down because of a health pandemic.
(c) The employee is subject to self-isolation or quarantine measures in accordance with a Commonwealth or State government policy.
(d) The employee is caring for another person who:
(i) has been diagnosed with an infection during a health pandemic; or
(ii) is subject to self-isolation or quarantine measures in accordance with a Commonwealth or State government policy.
(e) The employee has a child that attends a school or childcare centre that is closed due to a health pandemic.
5.12.5 Pandemic leave does not accumulate from year to year.
5.12.6 Where an employee exhausts their entitlement to pandemic leave but otherwise meets the criteria for the taking of such leave, the employee may apply for, and the employer will approve, the taking of leave pursuant to a different part of this agreement.
5.12.7 In the case of casual employees, the employee shall be paid pandemic leave at a daily rate of pay equal to the average of the daily rates of pay paid to the employee over the previous 12 month period (or such lesser period for which the employee has been employed).
Pandemic Leave. Council will provide up to 20 days on full pay each calendar year for pandemic leave. This leave is to cover employees who are unable to attend the workplace or complete their duties from another location. It will be available on application to Payroll and managed in accordance with the Procedure that is approved by the Executive Leadership Team, Pandemic leave will be in addition to personal leave. Balances do not accrue each year and there is no provision for an employee to be paid out for any accruals.
Pandemic Leave. 1. The District will give 5 total days designated as pandemic leave to be used each school year.
2. This leave will be non-accumulative. An employee who resigns or is dismissed will not be charged for any use of such leave.
3. This leave is to be used only for circumstances in which an employee or employees are required or strongly advised by the District, statutory, or public health authority policies to miss work in isolation or quarantine as a result of contracting, being exposed to, or exhibiting symptoms of an illness that classifies as a pandemic.
4. This leave is to be used only when the district is responsible for meeting public health measures in a pandemic.
Pandemic Leave. Where an employee is ordinarily able to work but is directed to be tested or to self- isolate by the employer or by public health officials under the public health guidelines that could have a detrimental effect on others and therefore not able to attend work then the employer may, at its discretion either place the employee on suitable alternative duties or direct the employee to take leave on full pay which will not be charged against the employee’s leave entitlements.
Pandemic Leave. 28.1 An employee is entitled to 20 days of paid pandemic leave per calendar year. This leave is in addition to any other form of leave to which an employee is entitled.
28.2 Pandemic leave does not accumulate from year to year.
Pandemic Leave. 29.1. Subject to clause 29.2, Employee are entitled to access unpaid pandemic leave in accordance with Schedule X of the Nurses Award 2020, as amended from time to time.
29.2. Where the Employer implements a policy that offers more beneficial leave entitlements than under Schedule X of the Nurses Award 2020 the leave entitlements under the Employer’s policy will apply instead of the leave entitlements under Schedule X.
Pandemic Leave.
58.1 As Lake Tyers Health and Children’s Services is a frontline essential service it may continue to operate in either full or partial capacity in the event of a direction given by the State or Federal government in response to a pandemic that has been declared by the World Health Organisation that affects normal attendance in workplaces. There will be an expectation that staff will remain available to work unless:
a) the Employee is required by government or medical authorities or on the advice of a medical practitioner to self-isolate and is consequently prevented from working; or
b) the Employee is otherwise prevented from working due to mandatory quarantine; or
c) the Employee is otherwise prevented from working by measures taken by government or medical authorities in response to a pandemic; or
d) the Employee is directed not to work for a period of time by the Chief Executive Officer.
58.2 Should any fulltime or part-time Employee be prevented from working due to the situations outlined in clause 56.1 above, that Employee will be entitled to up to two (2) weeks Paid Pandemic Leave per calendar year. Employees who do not attend work without reasonable cause will not be entitled to Paid Pandemic Leave.
58.3 Part-time Employees entitlement to Paid Pandemic Leave will be pro-rated based on their agreed ordinary hours of work.
58.4 Should any casual Employee be prevented from working due to the situations outlined in clause 56.1 above, that employee will be entitled to up to two (2) weeks Unpaid Pandemic Leave per calendar year. Casual Employees who do not attend work without reasonable cause will not be entitled to Unpaid Pandemic Leave.
58.5 For the avoidance of doubt, Paid Pandemic Leave and Unpaid Pandemic Leave are not available in circumstances where:
a) The Employee has travelled interstate or overseas for non-work related travel and is unable to travel back to Victoria due to pandemic related restrictions; or
b) The Employee has recently returned from non-work related travel interstate or overseas and is required to complete mandatory quarantine as a result of their travel.
58.6 An Employee who is accessing pandemic leave for any reasons outlined in clause 56.1 must notify Lake Tyers Health and Children’s Services in writing of the taking of leave under this clause and of the reason the Employee requires the leave as soon as practicable (which may be a time after the leave has started).
58.7 An Employee who has given the Employer notice of tak...
Pandemic Leave. Employees (other than casual Employees) will be entitled to take up to 2 weeks’ paid leave per calendar year if the Employee is prevented from working as a result of:
Pandemic Leave. (1) The Employer will maintain a policy providing, as a minimum condition, paid leave in addition to other leave entitlements of at least 10 days to Employees, including Casual Employees, who have:
(a) tested positive to the nominated pandemic illness; Or, if the Employee is unable to work from home, and
(b) is the primary career for an immediate family member who has the pandemic illness; or
(c) is required to quarantine following work-related travel; or
(d) is instructed to isolate by the RWWA Wellness & Safety Manager, who has designated the Employee as a close contact due to exposure at an Employer location.
(2) Subject to maintaining the above minimum conditions, any changes to the current policy thereafter will be subject to further consultation with Employees per Clause 31 – Ongoing Consultation of this Agreement.
Pandemic Leave a) ERLC agrees to provide 5 days Pandemic leave (pro rata) to our employees:
i. for each newly identified notifiable infectious disease outbreak declared by the Government or Chief Health Officer; and
ii. based on a medical certificate confirming the employee or their dependents have to isolate due to contracting the disease.
