Primary Caregiver Parental Leave. The offer is providing, for the first time, employees on Partner Leave with employer superannuation payments at the normal legislated rate during their paid and unpaid Partner Leave (conditions apply). Access to combined parental leave is still available where the partner and primary carer are employed within the NTPS. Parental leave provisions will be updated to clarify that an employee on Partner Leave does not transfer to ‘Primary Caregiver Parental Leave' should they take over the carer responsibilities from their partner during the first 14 or 18 weeks following birth (or day of placement). This is how the clause currently operates and there is no change to these entitlements.
Primary Caregiver Parental Leave. Parental leave provisions have been updated to clarify that an employee on Partner Leave does not transfer to ‘Primary Caregiver Parental Leave' should they take over the carer responsibilities from their partner during the first 14 or 18 weeks following birth (or day of placement). This is how the clause currently operates and there is no change to these entitlements. The improved offer is providing, for the first time, employees on Partner Leave with employer superannuation payments at the normal legislated rate during their paid and unpaid Partner Leave (conditions apply). Access to combined parental leave is still available where the partner and primary carer are employed within the NTPS.
Primary Caregiver Parental Leave. An employee who is a parent of a newborn or newly adopted child may be entitled to ten (10) days of Government funded Dad and Partner Pay (XXXX) in accordance with the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 (Cth) or its successor. If eligible, an employee will need to apply for ten (10) days of unpaid leave in accordance with the Act. The School will grant such leave and pay the difference between the Government funded pay and the employee’s normal rate of pay for the duration of the leave. The XXXX is paid at the rate of the national minimum wage as determined by the Fair Work Commission. The School will top up this payment to the employee’s substantive rate of pay including any first aid or leadership allowances. Parenting Leave In addition to Parental Leave, employees are entitled to Parenting Leave for up to 5 years. Parenting Leave is leave without pay and is available only for the care of pre-school age children. Prior to proceeding on Parenting Leave, an agreed professional learning plan is to be negotiated between the employee and the Principal to ensure that the employee is able to resume work with a minimum of disruption. The employee must have completed the requirements of the plan to the reasonable satisfaction of the Principal before being allowed to return to work. Employees must, not less than one school term prior to the proposed start of Parenting Leave, give the School written notice of the dates on which they propose to start and finish the period of leave. For clarity, this notification of Parenting Leave must be proposed prior to the proposed start of Parenting Leave but not prior to any immediately preceding Parental Leave. . Special circumstances may cause changes to arrangements. Employees may provide less notice than provided in Clause 27.4 if, in compelling circumstances, they are required to become the primary caregiver for a child. Employees are expected to return from Parenting Leave at the commencement of the school year to assist with the operation of the School. An employee who is on parenting leave in respect of the birth or adoption of a child may take additional parenting leave in respect of the birth or adoption of further children, subject to the limitation that an employee cannot take a single continuous period of any combination of maternity, paternity, adoption and parenting leave that exceeds seven years in aggregate. If the employee was temporarily acting in, or performing the duties of a position immediately before commenci...
