Common use of Purchased Leave Clause in Contracts

Purchased Leave. (a) The parties agree that a “48/52” flexible work scheme is to be a voluntary scheme whereby a full time or part time Employee can apply to take eight (8) weeks annual leave in a year and receive forty eight (48) weeks’ salary, which would be payable over the full fifty two (52) weeks. (b) This arrangement will be subject to agreement between the Manager and the Employee, with approval being based on the operational requirements. The Employer reserves the right to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work scheme is available to all staff members except casual staff. (c) 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. (d) The 48/52 flexible work scheme is intended to provide flexibility in employment for staff members with family responsibilities and for staff who wish to extend their leave options for personal reasons. (e) All purchased leave and accrued annual leave must be taken during the twelve (12) months period for which approval to participate in the scheme has been given. The additional purchased leave will not attract annual leave loading. (f) Employees availing themselves of this option will retain leave entitlements accrued prior to converting to 48/52 employment and would then accrue benefits at the 48/52 rate from the date of effect of the change. (g) The term of the 48/52 scheme will be subject to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual leave accrued under the 48/52 arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrual. (h) Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for the Purchased Leave not yet taken will be repaid.

Purchased Leave. (a) 10.3.1 The parties agree that a “48/5244/52” (or other fractional model of employment from 51/52 to 44/52) flexible work scheme (purchased leave) is to be a voluntary scheme whereby a full time or part time permanent Employee can apply to take eight twelve (8) 12) weeks annual leave in a year and receive forty eight four (4844) weeks’ salary, which would be payable over the full fifty two (52) weeks. Employees may request to purchase additional annual leave over a Financial Year, being from 1 July to 30 June. Applications for Purchased Leave are made on an annual basis. Requests are to be made by 30 April. Employees will be notified within 21 days of receipt of their application if their application has been approved or not approved. Requests outside of this period will be considered where there are exceptional circumstances. (b) 10.3.2 This arrangement will be subject to agreement between the Manager and the Employee, with approval being based on the operational requirements. The Employer Council reserves the right to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work purchased leave scheme is available to all staff members Employees except casual staffemployees. (c) 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. (d) The 48/52 flexible work scheme is intended to provide flexibility in employment for staff members with family responsibilities and for staff who wish to extend their leave options for personal reasons. (e) 10.3.3 All purchased leave and accrued annual leave must be taken during the twelve (12) months period for which approval to participate in the scheme has been given. The additional purchased leave will not attract annual leave loading. (f) 10.3.4 Employees availing themselves of this option will retain leave entitlements accrued prior to converting to 48/52 employment a purchased leave arrangement and would then accrue benefits at the 48/52 revised rate from the date of effect of the change. (g) The term of the 48/52 scheme 10.3.5 Applications for purchased leave will be subject to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) for a maximum period of twelve months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual leave accrued under the 48/52 purchased leave arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrual. (h) 10.3.6 Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for the Purchased Leave purchased leave not yet taken will be repaid.

Purchased Leave. (a) The parties agree that a “48/52” flexible work scheme is Purchased leave enables Employees, by mutual agreement with their Employer (but only upon the request of the Employee), to be a voluntary scheme whereby a full time or part time Employee can apply access up to take eight (8) weeks annual 20 working days unpaid additional leave in a year and receive forty eight (48twelve month period, with salary deductions for the nominated period(s) weeks’ salary, which would be payable averaged over the full fifty whole year rather than at the time the leave is taken. Full time and part time Employees may apply to work either the 48/52 or 50/52 model of employment. This is a separate model of employment whereby the Employee receives two (52) weeksor four weeks unpaid leave per year in addition to their other leave entitlements and is paid for 52 weeks per year at the fractional rate of 48/52 or 50/52 of the annual salary for his/her position. (b) This arrangement will be The Employer may grant purchased leave, subject to agreement between the Manager and the Employee, with approval being based on the operational requirements. The Employer reserves Once approval has been granted, the right to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work scheme is available to all staff members except casual staffarrangement may only be varied or cancelled in extraordinary circumstances. (c) 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. (d) Purchased Leave 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. (d) The Leave and the 48/52 flexible work scheme is intended to provide flexibility in employment or 50/52 model does not affect the period of service for staff members with family responsibilities and for staff who wish to extend their long service leave options for personal reasons.accrual purposes (e) All purchased leave and accrued annual leave Purchased Leave must be taken during used in the twelve (12) months month period for in which approval to participate in the scheme has been given. The additional purchased leave will not attract annual leave loadingit is purchased. (f) Employees availing themselves of this option Purchased Leave and associated salary deductions will retain be based on the Employee's average daily hours (7 hours 36 minutes for full time Employees) and the Employee's substantive salary. If personal leave entitlements accrued prior to converting to 48/52 employment and would then accrue benefits at is taken while an Employee is working on the 48/52 model, the daily rate from the date of effect pay is 48/52 of the changefull-time rate. If personal leave is taken while an Employee is working on the 50/52 model, the daily rate of pay is 50/52 of the full-time rate. (g) The term of the 48/52 scheme will be subject to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual leave accrued under the 48/52 arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrual. (h) Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for the Purchased Leave 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.

Purchased Leave. (a) The parties agree that a “48/52” flexible work scheme is Employees may apply for up to be a voluntary scheme whereby a full time or part time Employee can apply to take eight four (8) 4) weeks annual purchased leave in a year and receive forty eight (48) weeks’ salary, which would each calendar year. Purchased leave can only be payable over the full fifty two (52) weekstaken in whole week blocks. (b) This arrangement Purchased Leave is a situation where an Employee takes an additional four (4) weeks leave per annum in addition to all other leave entitlements but is paid 48/52 of the weekly base rate prescribed by the Agreement for each week during which their employment is subject to these arrangements. Where an Employee wishes to take another configuration, the same principle shall apply. That is, the weekly base rate will be subject to agreement between reduced by an amount reflecting the Manager amount of the additional leave. For example, if an Employee accesses a 50/52 arrangement, the Employee would take an additional two (2) weeks leave per annum and would be paid 50/52 of the Employee, with approval being based on weekly base rate prescribed by the operational requirements. The Employer reserves the right to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work scheme is available to all staff members except casual staffAgreement. (c) Purchased Leave may leave must be taken utilised within the twelve months in conjunction with other types which it is purchased, and will be paid out at the end of the twelve month period if not accessed as leave. Purchased leave may not be used to break a period of Long Service Leave. (d) The 48/52 flexible work scheme is intended to provide flexibility in employment Purchased leave counts as service for staff members with family responsibilities all purposes, and for staff who wish to extend their therefore leave options for personal reasonsaccrual will be unaffected by purchased leave. (e) All Applications for purchased leave and accrued annual leave must be taken during made by a date nominated by the twelve (12) months period for which approval to participate in the scheme has been givenEmployer. The additional purchased leave Employer will not attract annual leave loadingnotify Employees of this date in writing at least eight (8) weeks in advance of this date. (f) Employees availing themselves The Employer’s approval of this option a request be an Employee for purchased leave will retain leave entitlements accrued prior not be unreasonably refused, subject to converting to 48/52 employment and would then accrue benefits at the 48/52 rate from the date of effect operational requirements of the changeEmployer, having regard to the personal needs and family responsibilities of staff. (g) The term of Where an Employee leaves the 48/52 scheme Employer during a year in which purchased leave has been approved, final payment will be subject adjusted to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement take account of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual leave accrued under the 48/52 arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrual. (h) Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for the Purchased Leave not yet taken will be repaidmade and leave not taken.

Purchased Leave. a. Purchased Leave provides a condition whereby an employee can make an application to ‘purchase’ either one (a1) or two (2) weeks of additional leave in addition to their normal four (4) weeks paid annual leave. The parties agree that employee’s annual salary is reduced by the amount of additional weeks purchased and a “48/52” flexible work scheme is new, reduced, fortnightly rate calculated to then be a voluntary scheme whereby a paid for the full time or part time Employee can apply to take eight (8) 52 weeks of the year. b. The employee purchasing additional week’s annual leave in a year and will receive forty eight (48) weeks’ salary, which would be payable over the full fifty two (52) weeks. (b) This arrangement will be subject to agreement between the Manager and the Employee, with approval being based an annual salary derived by multiplying their ordinary rate of pay by 50 or 51 depending on the operational requirementsapplication and dividing this figure by 52. The Employer reserves the right to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work scheme is available to all staff members except casual staff. (c) 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. (d) The 48/52 flexible work scheme is intended to provide flexibility in employment for staff members with family responsibilities and for staff who wish to extend their leave options for personal reasons. (e) All purchased leave and accrued annual leave must be taken during the twelve (12) months period for which approval to participate in the scheme has been given. The This additional purchased leave will not attract annual leave loading. (f) Employees availing themselves of this option c. Applications can be made at a designated time each year, which will retain leave entitlements accrued prior be advertised to converting to 48/52 employment all employees, and would then accrue benefits are not available as an ad‐hoc application. d. The Purchased Leave arrangement will not be imposed on any staff member and will only occur at the 48/52 rate employee’s initiative within operational requirements. e. The Employer will only approve an application if there are no adverse effects on the business, operational requirements are not compromised and no additional costs are incurred. Factors, such as personal needs, will be taken into consideration and assessed on a case by case basis. f. Applications for Purchased Leave will be considered where the relevant department is able to maintain service levels to clients and to ensure replacements are available to cover the workload. An application will not be supported which would severely impact on the operations of the department or area. g. Approval for purchased leave will be given for a twelve (12) month period only and a further purchased leave applications can be made annually. Renewal will not be automatic and the operational needs of the department will be reconsidered. If purchased leave, from a previous application, has not been used, or if the employee has an excess annual leave balance, further applications will not be considered. h. A participant in the Purchased Leave arrangement may revert to standard conditions after twelve (12) months from the date of effect transfer to this scheme. Changed personal circumstances when put in writing in an application to terminate the arrangement will be considered, but the employer is not obliged to meet the request. i. Purchased leave accrued can only be taken at a time agreed on with the Manager and should be taken during the period of the changearrangement in blocks of at least one (1) full week. (g) The term of j. Salary increases through the 48/52 scheme Enterprise Agreement, performance reviews or position change during the period will be subject applied to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual leave accrued under the 48/52 arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrual. (h) Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for the Purchased Leave not yet taken rate of pay. k. Any annual leave, sick leave and public holidays during the period will be repaidat the Purchased Leave rate of pay. l. Annual leave loading will be paid at the Purchased Leave rate of pay, to the four week’s annual leave that attracts annual leave loading. m. Where overtime is worked during this period, it will be paid at the purchased leave rate of pay plus penalties. n. Where employees are holding, and entitled to use, long service leave, they will not be eligible to apply for purchased leave until such time as their long service leave entitlements are exhausted. o. For superannuation purposes, employees will have their employer paid contributions paid at the Purchased Leave rate. This reduction is effective immediately upon commencement of the Purchased Leave arrangement and returns to the pre‐purchase leave rate immediately upon reversion or conclusion of the purchased leave approval. p. Employees considering applying should advise their manager and have a discussion at the earliest convenience that includes the time required, dates and the feasibility. q. Employees wishing to apply for Purchased Leave do so via the Purchased Leave Application Form and Purchased Leave Procedure at least two (2) months prior to wishing to commence the arrangement. r. Required approvals are the relevant General Manager and Manager Human Resources.

Purchased Leave. (a) The parties agree that a “48/52” flexible work scheme is to be a voluntary scheme whereby a All Permanent full time and part-time employees, with exceptions as per 25(b), may wish to purchase either (1) one or (2) two weeks extra leave per year (part time Employee can apply pro rata). The leave must be purchased at the time of application in whole weeks only, and employee(s) who so elect are bound to take eight stay on the scheme for a period of twelve (8) weeks annual leave in a year and receive forty eight (4812) weeks’ salary, which would be payable over the full fifty two (52) weeksmonths once their application has been approved. (b) This arrangement will be subject An employee who participates in the Purchased Leave system may not also elect to agreement between the Manager and the Employee, with approval being based on the operational requirements. The Employer reserves the right take up “Accrued Days Off” as per this Agreement - refer to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work scheme is available to all staff members except casual staffsubclause 15.3 (Accrued Days Off). (c) Purchased Leave may be taken in conjunction with leave will not affect entitlements to other types forms of leave. Purchased leave may not be used to break a period of Long Service Leave. (d) The 48/52 flexible work Applications must be in writing on the approved form and lodged by employees not currently participating in the scheme is intended on or the 1st January for each year. Approved purchased leave will be taken in the period 1 February to provide flexibility in employment for staff members with family responsibilities and for staff who wish 31 January each year. New employees choosing to extend their leave options for personal reasonsparticipate must apply on commencement of employment. (e) All Approval of applications will be based solely on whether such leave can be accommodated on the basis of operational requirements and consideration will be given to the recommendations of the relevant supervisor in reaching this decision. (f) Once approval has been granted employees will have an amount deducted from their ordinary pay each fortnight for a period of twenty six (26) pays (1.92% for one (1) week leave; 3.85% for two (2) weeks leave). Periods of unanticipated unpaid leave during the year will effect these calculations. (g) Before leave can be taken the employee must have accrued the required day(s). The minimum amount of leave that can be taken is one (1) day. (h) If the proposed dates of leave are not initially acceptable or become unacceptable, the relevant supervisor will attempt to resolve the issue informally. If there is no resolution the parties will follow the dispute/grievance procedure (clause 10). (i) Employees must use their purchased leave and accrued annual leave must be taken during within twelve (12) months of approval. Any days of Purchased Leave not used at the end of the twelve (12) months period for which approval month period, or at termination of employment, will be paid to participate in the scheme has been given. The additional purchased leave will not attract annual leave loadingemployee and taxed at PAYG rates. (fj) Employees availing themselves of this option will retain No annual leave loading entitlements accrued prior to converting to 48/52 employment and would then accrue benefits at the 48/52 rate from the date of effect of the changeare payable on purchased leave. (gk) The term of the 48/52 scheme Superannuation Guarantee Charge will be subject paid on ordinary pay prior to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual purchased leave accrued under the 48/52 arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrualbeing deducted from ordinary pay. (hl) Where Employees are permitted to withdraw from the Employeepurchased leave scheme at any time. If an employee withdraws from the scheme they cannot reapply for purchased leave (or ADO’s employment terminates, deductions made for as per clause 15.3) until the Purchased Leave not yet taken will be repaidopportunity to reapply arises in accordance with clause 25(e).

Purchased Leave. (a) The parties agree that a “48/52” flexible work scheme is Employees may apply for up to be a voluntary scheme whereby a full time or part time Employee can apply to take eight four (8) 4) weeks annual purchased leave in a year and receive forty eight (48) weeks’ salary, which would each calendar year. Purchased leave can only be payable over the full fifty two (52) weekstaken in whole week blocks. (b) This arrangement Purchased Leave is a situation where an Employee takes an additional four (4) weeks leave per annum in addition to all other leave entitlements but is paid 48/52 of the weekly base rate prescribed by the Agreement for each week during which their employment is subject to these arrangements. Where an Employee wishes to take another configuration, the same principle shall apply. That is, the weekly base rate will be subject to agreement between reduced by an amount reflecting the Manager amount of the additional leave. For example, if an Employee accesses a 50/52 arrangement, the Employee would take an additional two (2) weeks leave per annum and would be paid 50/52 of the Employee, with approval being based on weekly base rate prescribed by the operational requirements. The Employer reserves the right to decline any application. The 48/52 flexible work scheme is available to all staff members except casual staffAgreement. (c) Purchased Leave may leave must be taken utilised within the twelve months in conjunction with other types which it is purchased, and will be paid out at the end of the twelve month period if not accessed as leave. Purchased leave may not be used to break a period of Long Service Leave. (d) The 48/52 flexible work scheme is intended to provide flexibility in employment Purchased leave counts as service for staff members with family responsibilities all purposes, and for staff who wish to extend their therefore leave options for personal reasonsaccrual will be unaffected by purchased leave. (e) All Applications for purchased leave and accrued annual leave must be taken during made by a date nominated by the twelve (12) months period for which approval to participate in the scheme has been givenEmployer. The additional purchased leave Employer will not attract annual leave loadingnotify Employees of this date in writing at least eight (8) weeks in advance of this date. (f) Employees availing themselves The Employer’s approval of this option a request by an Employee for purchased leave will retain leave entitlements accrued prior not be unreasonably refused, subject to converting to 48/52 employment and would then accrue benefits at the 48/52 rate from the date of effect operational requirements of the changeEmployer, having regard to the personal needs and family responsibilities of staff. (g) The term of Where an Employee leaves the 48/52 scheme Employer during a year in which purchased leave has been approved, final payment will be subject adjusted to negotiation between the Employer and Employee. Variation to the agreed term may be initiated by either party subject to three (3) months’ notice. However, in exceptional circumstances e.g. demonstrated financial hardship and with the agreement take account of the Employer an Employee may be allowed to return to normal employment arrangements by giving four (4) weeks’ notice in writing and this arrangement would cease. The Employee is required to utilise any unused annual leave accrued under the 48/52 arrangements before reverting back to normal annual leave accrual. (h) Where the Employee’s employment terminates, deductions made for the Purchased Leave not yet taken will be repaidmade and leave not taken.