Purchase of Additional Leave. (‘Purchased Leave’)
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. (a) RWWA and the employee may agree to enter into an arrangement whereby the employees can purchase up to four (4) weeks additional leave per calendar year.
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. (“Purchased Leave”)
3.1. Entitlement to purchased leave
(a) An Employee who has completed 12 months continuous service may, with approval of the CEO, purchase between one to six weeks additional leave per year with a corresponding reduction in the number of working weeks.
Purchase of Additional Leave. 1.6.2.1 An employee may elect to purchase additional leave of up to 5 days in a 12-month period.
1.6.2.2 The approval of purchased leave is subject to business needs and work demands and is to be taken at approved and specified dates as mutually agreed between an employee and the employer.
1.6.2.3 The cost of the purchased leave will be deducted from an employee’s net pay over a 12-month period.
1.6.2.4 Purchased leave is paid at the rate at which it accrues, which may differ if the employee’s normal weekly wage rate changes during the period of their purchase leave agreement.
1.6.2.5 An employee may seek to combine annual and purchased leave during a single leave period.
1.6.2.6 All purchased leave must be taken within an 18-month period. If the purchased leave has not been taken by the end of the 18-month period, the purchase leave agreement will be cancelled and the remaining accrual paid to the employee.
1.6.2.7 On termination, any unused purchased leave will be paid to the employee.
1.6.2.8 An employee taking purchased leave will be paid an amount equivalent to the amount deducted over the 12-month period.
Purchase of Additional Leave. 14.4.1 By agreement between the City and the employee, the employee may buy an additional week‟s annual leave over a 12 month period. To do this, the employee will authorise the City to make deductions from their pay each fortnight. This purchased leave is exclusive of leave loading.
14.4.2 Purchased leave counts as service for all purposes and does not attract leave loading.
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. 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.
