Use of ADO accrual. (a) School Cleaners and non-school Cleaners (excluding the non-school Cleaners identified in Clause 4.7.6) who accrue ADO are required to accrue a minimum of 12 ADOs per annum.
(i) The 12 ADOs shall be taken during the Autumn, Winter and Spring school vacation periods.
(ii) The Principal or Site Manager and Cleaner must negotiate and agree upon which days during the vacation periods will be taken as the 12 ADOs.
(b) To determine a Cleaner’s annual number of required hours for the accrual of 12 ADOs, the number of ADOs is multiplied by the number of ordinary hours worked per day, for example:
(i) For a full-time (38 hours per week Cleaner) 12 ADO days x 7.6 hours = 91.2 hours per year; and
(ii) For a part-time (30 hours per week Cleaner) 12 ADO days x 6 hours = 72 hours per year.
(c) In remote schools which close for an additional week over the Summer vacation period, an additional 5 days ADO may be accrued to allow Cleaners to access ADO over the additional week’s closure.
(i) This provision is subject to the requirements of the Principal or school community and agreement between the Principal and Cleaner about the rostering.
(ii) Agreement on the arrangements (to either schedule ADO for the additional 5 days or not) should be made by the end of Term 3 to enable sufficient time to work additional hours if required.
(iii) The Principal shall not unreasonably withhold agreement for the additional ADOs to be accrued.
(d) Temporary Cleaners engaged for a period of 8 weeks or more may accrue ADO, provided:
(i) The period of the temporary engagement falls within the bounds of a school year (i.e.: the engagement commences at the beginning of the school year and/or does not cease beyond the end of the school year); and
(ii) The temporary Cleaner is able to take their accrued ADO prior to completing their temporary engagement.
