Common use of Taking of Long Service Leave Clause in Contracts

Taking of Long Service Leave. (a) The employer shall give to each employee at least one month's notice of the date from which it is proposed that the employee's long service leave shall be given and taken. Such leave shall be taken as soon as practicable having regard to the needs of the facility, or, where the employer and the employee agree, such leave may be postponed to an agreed date. (b) In such a case, where the employer and employee agree to postpone the taking of leave, the employee shall be paid for that leave at the rate of pay applicable at the time of the agreement and not at the rate of pay applicable at the time that the leave is taken. For any such agreement to be valid, it must be in writing and be signed by both the employer and the employee.

Taking of Long Service Leave. (ai) The employer shall give to each employee at least one month's months’ notice of the date from which it is proposed that the employee's ’s long service leave shall be given and taken. Such leave shall be taken as soon as practicable having regard to the needs of the facilityresidence, or, where the employer and the employee agree, such leave may be postponed to an agreed date. (bii) In such a case, where the employer and employee agree to postpone the taking of leave, the employee shall be paid for that leave at the rate of pay applicable at the time of the agreement and not at the rate of pay applicable at the time that the leave is taken. For any such agreement to be valid, it must be in writing and be signed by both the employer and the employee. (iii) For the purposes of this clause: