Return from Parental Leave. Employees returning from Medical Leave or Parental Leave within one (1) year shall have the right to return to the same, or if that position has been eliminated, substantially equivalent position provided that they have been recommended or would have been recommended by their principal for reemployment.
Return from Parental Leave. Employees returning from Parental Leave within one (1) year shall have the right to return to the same, or if that position has been eliminated, substantially equivalent position provided that they have been recommended or would have been recommended by their principal/immediate supervisor for reemployment. The employee shall notify the principal/immediate supervisor at least sixty (60) days in advance of the date he/she intends to return.
Return from Parental Leave. (a) Where possible, the employer must hold the employee's position open or fill it temporarily until the employee's return from parental leave. However, in the event that the employee's position is a "key position", the employer may fill the position on a permanent basis if they meet the requirements set out in the Act.
(b) Where the employer is not able to hold a position open, or to fill it temporarily until an employee returns from parental leave, or fills it permanently on the basis of it being a key position, and, at the time the employee returns to work, a similar position (as defined in 20.9 (a) above) is not available, the employer may approve one of the following options:
(i) an extension of parental leave for up to a further 12 months until the employee's previous position or a similar position becomes available; or
(ii) an offer to the employee of a similar position in another location (if one is available) with normal transfer expenses applying; if the offer is refused, the employee continues on extended parental leave as in 20.10(b)(i) above for up to 12 months; or
(iii) the appointment of the employee to a different position in the same location, but if this is not acceptable to the employee the employee shall continue on extended parental leave in terms of 20.10(b)(i) above for up to 12 months: provided that, if a different position is accepted and within the period of extended parental leave in terms of 20.10(b)(i), the employee's previous position or a similar position becomes available, then the employee shall be entitled to be appointed to that position; or
(iv) where extended parental leave in terms of 20.10(b)(i) above expires, and no similar position is available for the employee, the employee shall be declared surplus under clause 27 of this contract.
Return from Parental Leave. Employees returning from Parental leave within one (1) year shall be guaranteed a position for which the employee is fully qualified, provided that Annual Contract employees must have been recommended, or would have been recommended, for re-employment by their principals.
Return from Parental Leave. Teachers returning from Parental Leave shall have the right to return to the same, if certified or, if that position has been eliminated substantially equivalent position provided that Annual Contract teachers must have been recommended, or would have been recommended, for reemployment by their principals. The teacher shall notify the principal no later than November 1 if he/she intends to return the second semester or by March 1 if he/she intends to return the first semester. Such teacher shall be assigned by the beginning of the next semester.
Return from Parental Leave a) Prior to an employee returning from parental leave the manager will discuss with the employee their return to work, including any request for part-time work.
b) Following consultation and dependent on operational requirements, the employee may be given suitable duties at their substantive classification either in the role they performed prior to leave or in another role.
Return from Parental Leave. 41.8.1. An Employee shall confirm her intention to return to work by providing written notice of not less than four (4) weeks prior to the expiration of the period of maternity leave.
41.8.2. Subject to sub-clause 41.8.6, upon the expiration of the period of parental leave, the Employee shall be entitled to resume work in the position held prior to taking parental leave, where the position still exists, or, where the previous position no longer exists, an available position for which the Employee is qualified and suited that maintains their existing salary (subject to clause 61.1.6) and is commensurate with the Employee’s pre parental leave position.
41.8.3. An Employee who is the primary care giver of a child, shall be entitled to return to work from Parental leave on the full-time or fractional time basis that applied to the Employee immediately prior to the commencement of Parental leave, provided that the Employee may, no less than six (6) weeks prior to returning from Parental leave, apply to his/her Supervisor to return on a reduced fraction of employment basis, including a reduced fraction in connection with a job share arrangement, for an agreed period of time, following which the Employee shall be entitled to return to the substantive fraction of employment.
41.8.4. Where an Employee makes application pursuant to clause 41.8.3 the Employee’s Divisional Director shall normally approve the application.
41.8.5. In the event that the Divisional Director declines to approve the Employee’s application, the Divisional Director must refer the matter to the Chief Executive Officer for review of the decision. The Divisional Director shall provide reasons to support the decision to decline the Employee’s application. The Employee shall be informed of the Divisional Director’s decision and the reasons for it and invited to make a response to the Chief Executive Officer prior to a final decision being made.
41.8.6. In the case of a Casual or Sessional Employee, clause 41.8.2 shall be subject to there being a business need for the pre-existing Casual or Sessional position, at the time the Employee proposes to return to work.
Return from Parental Leave. 54.1. The department will comply with section 84 of the Fair Work Act 2009.
Return from Parental Leave. An employee who is granted parental leave has the right to return to his/her previous position, or if this no longer exists, to a commensurate level.
Return from Parental Leave. I. An employee who is a parent of a child, or who has responsibility for the care of a child, and who is returning to work after taking their total period of Parental or Adoption Leave may request, in writing, to return to work on a flexible working arrangement.
II. Applications must be made in writing at least 4 weeks prior to the date of return.
III. Council will genuinely consider a request for flexible working arrangements in accordance with operational requirements and the NES.
IV. Employees (childbearing parents only) returning to work from Parental Leave within 12 months of commencing the leave will be entitled, after 6 months return to work has been completed, to an additional 4 weeks of paid leave. This may be accessed as salary or taken as leave within the following 6 months. Payment will be based on the average ordinary hours worked for those 6 months following the return to work.
