Purchased Leave Sample Clauses

Purchased Leave. 42/52 ARRANGEMENT

Purchased Leave. This clause does not apply to casual Employees. 60.1 An Employee may, if mutually agreed with the Employer, purchase up to 20 working days (pro-rated for part time Employees) additional paid leave in a twelve-month period at ordinary pay. The additional paid leave is purchased through salary deductions made over the whole year. The amount deducted will correspond with the amount of leave purchased.

Purchased Leave. 42/52 ARRANGEMENT‌ 29.1 The Employer and the employee may agree to enter into an arrangement whereby the employee can purchase up to ten (10) weeks additional leave. 29.2 The Employer will assess each application for a 42/52 salary arrangement on its merits and give consideration to the personal circumstances of the employee seeking the arrangement. 29.3 Where an employee is applying for purchased leave of between five (5) and 10 weeks, the Employer will give priority access to those employees with caring responsibilities. 29.4 In order to access approved Purchased Leave, an employee must: (a) satisfy the Employer’s accrued leave management policy; and (b) take one (1) week Annual Leave if purchasing nine (9) weeks’ leave; or (c) take two (2) weeks Annual Leave if purchasing 10 weeks leave. 29.5 Notwithstanding subclauses 29.4(b) and 29.4(c), the Employer may allow an employee to access Purchased Leave before they have accessed one (1) or two (2) weeks’ Annual Leave, whichever applies, where the employee requests it. Any such request may only be refused by the Employer if there are reasonable grounds to do so. 29.6 The provisions of subclauses 29.4(b) and 29.4(c) do not apply to an employee who purchases less than nine (9) weeks leave. 29.7 An agreement to take reduced salary spread over the 52 weeks of the year will yield the following amounts of Purchased Leave. Number of weeks salary spread over 52 weeks Number of weeks purchased leave 42 10 43 9 44 8 45 7 46 6 47 5 48 4 49 3 50 2 51 1 (a) Purchased Leave is not able to be accrued. The employee is entitled to pay in lieu of any Purchased Leave not taken. In the event that the employee is unable to take such Purchased Leave, their salary will be adjusted in the last pay period in February to take account of the fact that time worked during the year was not included in their salary. (b) Untaken Purchased Leave will be paid out at the rate at which it was purchased. (a) Where an employee who is in receipt of an allowance provided for in Clause 52 – Higher Duties Allowance proceeds on any period of Purchased Leave, the employee will not be entitled to receive payment of the allowance for any period of Purchased Leave. (b) Other than when an employee is on a period of Purchased Leave, the Higher Duties Allowance component of an employee’s salary will not be affected by an agreement to reduce the employee’s salary for Purchased Leave Purposes.

Purchased Leave. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an employee may, with the agreement of the employer, work between 44 weeks and 51 weeks per year. Access to this entitlement may only be granted on application from an employee and cannot be required as a precondition for employment. Where the employer and employee agree to a reduction in the number of working weeks the employee will receive additional annual leave as follows: 44/52 weeks Additional 8 weeks' leave 12 weeks in total 45/52 weeks Additional 7 weeks' leave 11 weeks in total 46/52 weeks Additional 6 weeks' leave 10 weeks in total 47/52 weeks Additional 5 weeks' leave 9 weeks in total 48/52 weeks Additional 4 weeks' leave 8 weeks in total 49/52 weeks Additional 3 weeks' leave 7 weeks in total 50/52 weeks Additional 2 weeks' leave 6 weeks in total 51/52 weeks Additional 1 weeks' leave 5 weeks in total The employee will receive a salary equal to the period worked (i.e. 46 weeks, 49 weeks) which will be spread over a 52 weeks period and accrual of sick leave and long service leave by the employee shall remain unchanged. As an alternative to entering into this arrangement, the employee may request that one or more weeks of their recreation leave entitlement each be converted to two weeks leave on half pay. The employer will endeavour to accommodate employee requests for arrangements under this clause, and where such requests are granted will make proper arrangements to ensure that the workloads of other employees are not unduly affected and that excessive overtime is not required to be performed by other employees as a result of these arrangements. An employee may revert to ordinary 52 week employment by giving the employer no less than four weeks written notice. Where an employee reverts to 52-week employment in this way, appropriate pro rata salary adjustments will be made.

Purchased Leave. (a) Purchased leave is where Employees have planned absences of two weeks of leave which is funded by salary deductions spread evenly over the year. This allows Employees to continue to receive pay during such leave. (b) Purchased leave must be utilised within the twelve months in which it is purchased. (c) Purchased leave counts as service for all purposes. (d) Applications for purchased leave must be made by a date nominated by the Employer. (e) The Employer’s approval of purchased leave will be based on the operational requirements of the Employer, having regard to the personal needs and family responsibilities of staff. (f) Once a period of purchased leave has been approved, it may only be revoked by the Employer where exceptional circumstances exist. In the event of revocation, any accumulated leave may be paid out to the Employee, or the leave deferred to a date mutually agreed by Employer and Employee. (g) Where an Employee leaves the Employer during a year in which purchased leave has been approved, final payment will be adjusted to take account of deductions not yet made and leave not taken. (h) Annual leave loading is not payable on purchased leave.

Purchased Leave. The Employer and an Employee may agree to enter into an arrangement whereby the Employee can purchase up to ten weeks additional leave. The Employer will assess each application for 42/52 salary arrangement on its merits and give consideration to the personal circumstances of the Employee seeking the arrangement. Where an Employee is applying for purchased leave of between five and ten weeks, the Employer will give priority access to those Employees with caring responsibilities. Access to this entitlement will be subject to the Employee having satisfied the Leave Management Policy. The Employee can agree to take a reduced salary spread over the 52 weeks of the year and receive the following amounts of additional purchased leave: Number of weeks salary spread over 52 weeks Number of weeks purchased leave 42 10 43 9 44 8 45 7 47 5 48 4 49 3 51 1 The purchased leave will not be able to be accrued. The Employee is to be entitled to pay in lieu of the additional leave not taken. In the event that the Employee is unable to take such purchased leave, their salary will be adjusted on the last pay period in January to take account of the fact that time worked during the year was not included in the salary/wage. Untaken purchased leave will be paid out at the rate at which it was purchased. Where an Employee who is in receipt of an allowance provided for in clause 54. – Higher Duty Allowance proceeds on any period of purchased leave, the Employee shall not be entitled to receive payment of the allowance for any period of purchased leave. Other than when an Employee is on a period of purchased leave, the Higher Duty Allowance component of an Employee's salary shall not be affected by an agreement to reduce the Employee's salary for purchased leave purposes. Overtime is paid at the ordinary rate of salary and not the reduced rate. In the event that a part time Employee’s ordinary working hours are varied during the year, the salary paid for such leave taken will be adjusted on the last pay in January to take into account any variations to the Employee’s ordinary working hours during the previous year.

Purchased Leave. 75.1 Full-time Employees may purchase additional annual leave, with the agreement of the Employer. 75.2 The amount of additional leave that may be purchased varies according to the classification of the Employee as follows: (a) Employees other than Dental Assistants employed by DHSV or Ballarat Health Service (i) Full-time Employees may purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave per year and, with the agreement of the Employer, work between 48 and 51 weeks per year. Approval rests with the Employer, who may legitimately take into account operational needs and work requirements. Agreement will not be unreasonably withheld. (ii) Where the Employer and Employee agree to a reduction in the number of working weeks, the Employee will receive additional leave as follows: 48/52 weeks 4 weeks 8 weeks 49/52 weeks 3 weeks 7 weeks 50/52 weeks 2 weeks 6 weeks 51/52 weeks 1 weeks 5 weeks

Purchased Leave a. An employee can purchase a minimum of 5 days leave in a 12-month period. b. Each application will consider the Corporation’s operational requirements and the employee’s personal needs. c. The leave must be taken in the 12-month period specified in the Purchased Leave Agreement. d. Purchased Leave will count as service for all purposes. e. Purchased Leave will be funded through the reduction in the employee’s ordinary rate of pay. f. Purchased Leave rate of pay means the rate of pay an employee receives when their ordinary salary rate has been reduced to cover the cost of Purchased Leave. g. To calculate the Purchased Leave rate of pay, the employee’s ordinary salary rate, which includes superannuation, will be reduced by the number of weeks of Purchased Leave and then annualised at a pro rata rate over the 12-month period. h. Purchased Leave is subject to the following provisions: i. Purchased Leave cannot be accrued and will be refunded if it has not been taken in the 12-month period ii. Recreation Leave or Extended Leave taken during the 12-month Purchased Leave Agreement period will be paid at the Purchased Leave rate of pay iii. Sick Leave cannot be taken during a period of Purchased Leave iv. Salary related allowances not paid during periods of Recreation Leave will be calculated using the employee’s hourly rate based on the ordinary rate of pay v. Higher Duties Allowance will not be paid when a period of Purchased Leave is taken vi. Specific conditions governing Purchased Leave may be amended from time to time by the Corporation in consultation with the Association.

Purchased Leave. (a) Purchased Leave enables Employees, by mutual agreement with their Employer, to access up to 20 working days unpaid additional leave in a twelve month period, with salary deductions for the nominated period(s) averaged over the whole year rather than at the time the leave is taken. (b) Purchased Leave may be taken in conjunction with other types of leave. Purchased Leave may not be used to break a period of Long Service Leave. (c) Purchased Leave must be used in the twelve month period in which it is purchased. (d) Purchased Leave and associated salary deductions will be based on the Employee's average daily hours (7 hours 36 minutes for full time Employees) and the Employee's substantive salary at the appropriate classification at the relevant increment point contained in Schedule B. (e) The Employer may grant Purchased Leave, subject to operational requirements. Once approval has been granted, the arrangement may only be varied or cancelled in extraordinary circumstances. (f) Where the arrangement, because of extraordinary circumstances, has been varied or cancelled and requires a refund of salary deductions, the refund will be made as a lump sum no later than two pay periods following notification of the variation or cancellation. (g) Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for Purchased Leave not yet taken will be repaid. (h) Where the Employee’s employment terminates and there are outstanding deductions for Purchased Leave, the Employee may elect to have the amount treated as overpayment of salary or offset against annual leave credits.