Purchase of Additional Leave. (‘Purchased Leave’)
Purchase of Additional Leave. There are improvements from the General Agreement with the ability of employees purchasing leave to be credited every quarter.
Purchase of Additional Leave. With the approval of Masonic Homes, employees may purchase up to an additional four weeks annual leave each year. Purchased leave is the capacity of an employee to enter into a deferred salary arrangement by having amounts deducted from their fortnightly pay to purchase additional weeks of leave. Purchased leave counts as continuous service. Approval is subject to operational requirements, so may therefore be declined. Any approval for an approved period does not ensure approval of further periods of purchased leave. The conditions associated with purchasing additional leave are further supported by Masonic Homes' policy.
Purchase of Additional Leave. (a) An Employee may, with the agreement of the Employer, purchase an additional week of annual leave per year.
(b) Where an Employee purchases additional leave under this clause, the Employee will receive a salary equal to the period worked (e.g. 51 weeks) which will be spread over a 52-week period. This equates to a reduction in the Employee's hourly rate by 0.019231% for each additional week of purchased leave.
(c) Accrual of personal leave and long service leave will remain unchanged.
(d) The Employer will endeavour to accommodate employee requests for arrangements under this clause having regard to organisational requirements. Requests for additional leave will not be unreasonably refused.
(e) Approval for purchased leave will be assessed on an annual basis and will be for a period of one year only (i.e. must be paid off over a 52 week period in accordance with 33.9(b)).
(f) If personal leave or other leave is taken while an Employee is working under this arrangement, the daily rate of pay for the period of leave is the fractional rate as described above in clause 33.9(b).
Purchase of Additional Leave. “Purchased Leave”)
3.1 Entitlement to purchased leave
(a) An employee who has completed 12 months continuous service may, with approval of the MD, purchase between one to six weeks additional leave per year with a corresponding reduction in the number of working weeks, with the result that:
(i) An employee who is entitled to 6 weeks recreation leave may purchase additional leave as follows:
(ii) An employee who is entitled to 5 weeks recreation leave may purchase additional leave as follows:
(b) An employee cannot access recreation leave at half pay whilst under a purchased leave arrangement.
Purchase of Additional Leave. (a) The purchased leave scheme allows full-time and permanent part-time employees to access 1 or 2 weeks of additional Annual Leave each year, with the cost of the leave funded by payroll deductions over the following 12 month period.
(b) Staff participation in the scheme is entirely voluntary and approval by Uniting Communities of an application to participate in the scheme will take into consideration balancing the operational needs of the business with the opportunity to provide increased flexibility for employees.
Purchase of Additional Leave. An employee may, with the agreement of the Employer purchase up to an additional two (2) weeks leave per year.
(a) Where an employee purchases additional leave under this clause the employee will receive a salary equal to the period worked (eg 50 or 51 weeks) which will be spread over a 52 week period.
(b) Accrual of sick leave and long service leave by the employee shall remain unchanged.
(c) The Employer will endeavour to accommodate employee requests for arrangements under this clause. However, organisational requirements must be met, and the absence must not result in additional cost to the Employer.
(d) Approval will be assessed on an annual basis. Approval will be for 1 year only and where such an arrangement is put in place the period or periods of time taken subject to this clause must be fixed at the beginning of the calendar year.
(e) At the end of the calendar year, employment will revert to standard employment conditions unless the employee makes further application under this clause, and provided the application is approved by the Relevant Manager.
(f) If sick leave or other leave is take while an employee is working under this arrangement, the daily rate of pay is the fractional rate as indicated above.
(g) This model does not affect the period of service for long service leave purposes. However, it would be taken into account when calculating the amount of pay when long service leave is taken or the amount of pay in lieu upon termination.
(h) The parties will seek to develop a more comprehensive policy consistent with these provisions by 30 September 2005. Applications may be made after this time and in accordance with the policy. Implementation of this arrangement shall be from the first pay period on or after 1 January 2006.
Purchase of Additional Leave. 24.1 The deferred salary scheme is a benefit, which recognises the value of employees to the City of Wanneroo. It is designed to provide permanent staff with an opportunity to obtain additional leave from their normal duties (eg for the purpose of study, or travel, accompanying a partner to another location, care of a family member) while retaining their link with the City with a view to their return to work after the additional leave.
24.2 An employee may seek and agree to be paid 48/52 of their salary, and after working for 48 weeks take an additional 4 weeks paid leave for that year. Such additional leave arrangements require the recommendation of their respective Manager, endorsement by their Director and the final approval of the Chief Executive Officer. In assessing applications, consideration will be given to:
24.2.1 Employees’ current leave balances;
24.2.2 Impact on service delivery; and
24.2.3 Capacity to fund replacement.
24.3 Such additional leave arrangements are subject to the same approval processes that apply to annual leave.
24.4 The additional four weeks leave will normally be taken at the conclusion of
24.5 Where a staff member takes leave in accordance with this clause, the period of non-attendance shall not constitute a break in service and shall count as service for all purposes of the Award and this Agreement.
24.6 An employee may withdraw in writing from this scheme before completing the required 48 weeks, in which case a lump sum payment of the salary package (including superannuation) forgone to that time will be made.
24.7 Before electing for this arrangement, the employee must clear any annual leave backlog, which is greater than a two-year accrual.
24.8 The basis of this work arrangement is on ordinary hours, as per Clause 14.1.
24.9 Part time staff shall be eligible to apply for additional leave under this Clause on a pro rata basis.
Purchase of Additional Leave. 43.1 An employee may apply to their Head of Work Unit to reduce their annual salary in exchange for additional weeks of annual recreation leave to a maximum of eight (8) additional weeks over each twelve (12) month period.
43.2 The agreement will require the employee to work a reduced number of weeks over a twelve (12) month period with a commensurate reduction in total salary, in exchange for up to eight (8) weeks of paid leave to be taken at a mutually agreed time.
43.3 The basis for this initiative shall be one (1) week’s salary for each additional week of leave during the agreed twelve (12) month period.
43.4 Such an agreement shall be re-assessed annually and agreement in one year does not provide automatic entitlement to participate in any subsequent year.
43.5 When agreement is reached for an employee to work a reduced number of weeks over the year, the salary shall be paid at the rate equivalent to the full-time salary reduced by one (1) week’s salary for every additional week's leave for that twelve (12) month period. During the period, all annual, sick and long service leave shall continue to accrue.
43.6 The additional weeks of purchased leave shall not be able to be accrued. In the event that the employee is unable to take such leave, his or her salary shall be adjusted on the last pay period in January to take account of the fact that the time worked during the year was not included in the salary.
43.7 The Head of the Work Unit shall have regard to the operational needs of the work area when assessing any application.
43.8 The agreement shall in no way impact upon the employee's annual leave entitlement under Clause 42 - Annual Recreation Leave.
43.9 During the agreed twelve (12) month period:
(a) Sick leave or any other paid leave shall be paid at the reduced salary.
(b) Overtime payments shall be based on the full-time rate of pay applicable to the classification of the position occupied; and
(c) Employer contributions to superannuation shall be calculated on the reduced salary.
43.10 The employee may, having provided the University with fourteen (14) days notice, withdraw from this arrangement and shall be paid out leave entitlements purchased under this arrangement.
Purchase of Additional Leave. At the initiative of the Employee and by mutual agreement with the Employer the Employee may purchase one or two weeks additional leave. The Employee, by taking a reduction in normal salary of 2.26% or 4.52% in one year, will become entitled at the end of that year to one or two extra weeks leave with leave loading during which they will be paid salary at the same reduced rate. All employment conditions, entitlements and accruals will apply during a period of purchased leave. An Employee who becomes ill during a period of purchased leave will be entitled to take personal leave provided there is an accrued entitlement (refer sub-clause (i)). Purchased leave arrangements will be suspended during any period of incapacity for which the Employee is entitled to compensation under the Any accrued purchased leave and purchased leave loading not taken will be payable on termination. Purchased leave arrangements will be approved on an annual basis and a new arrangement will not be entered into until the employee has taken the previous year’s entitlement. Leave purchased under this provision is purchased leave and not annual leave. If a holiday with pay, as defined in this Agreement, falls within an Employee's period of purchased additional leave, there will be one day added for each holiday with pay that occurs during this time and the holiday with pay will be paid at the Employee’s full rate of pay.
