Common use of Training and Education Clause in Contracts

Training and Education. (a) An employer may make in-service training available to all employees to assist those employees to maintain professional registration or endorsement and skill development. (b) Each employer shall provide a minimum of 12 hours of in-service training per annum to Nursing Assistants. (c) Each employee shall provide to their employer details of their attendance at in-service training and the employer shall keep a record of this attendance. (d) An employer will provide to an employee, who is employed in a nurse classification, on the termination of their employment, a written statement of the hours of in-service training attended by the employee. (e) Where practicable, such training shall be provided to employees during the normal rostered hours of work. Where it is not practicable to provide such training during the normal rostered hours of work then: (i) Employees shall attend in-service training outside their normal rostered working hours when required to do so by the employer. (ii) An employer shall provide employees with two weeks’ notice of the requirement to attend training outside of their normal rostered working hours. (iii) Notwithstanding Clause 37 Overtime, attendance at such training shall be paid at ordinary rates. (iv) Attendance at such in-service training outside the normal rostered working time of an employee shall not affect the ordinary rate paid to the employee during normal rostered working time. (f) The employer will review all requests for external training on a case by case basis having regard to the operational needs of the business.

Training and Education. (a) An employer may make in-service training available to all employees to assist those employees to maintain professional registration or endorsement and skill development. (b) Each employer shall provide a minimum of 12 hours of in-service training per annum to Nursing Assistants. (c) Each employee shall provide to their employer details of their attendance at in-service training and the employer shall keep a record of this attendance. (d) An employer will provide to an employee, who is employed in a nurse classification, on the termination of their employment, a written statement of the hours of in-service training attended by the employee. (e) Where practicable, such training shall be provided to employees during the normal rostered hours of work. Where it is not practicable to provide such training during the normal rostered hours of work then: (i) Employees shall attend in-service training outside their normal rostered working hours when required to do so by the employer. (ii) An employer shall provide employees with two weeks’ notice of the requirement to attend training outside of their normal rostered working hours. (iii) Notwithstanding Clause 37 34 Overtime, attendance at such training shall be paid at ordinary rates. (iv) Attendance at such in-service training outside the normal rostered working time of an employee shall not affect the ordinary rate paid to the employee during normal rostered working time. (f) The employer will review all requests for external training on a case by case basis having regard to the operational needs of the business.