Christmas Closedown. 15.1 It is agreed that whenever annual leave is taken in conjunction with the Christmas/New Year period (as per Calendar in sub-clause 2.11), it is to be taken in accordance with the following procedure.
15.2 Employees who have not accrued sufficient pro rata annual leave prior to commencement of the Christmas/New Year period, may be granted leave without pay by their Employer to give that employee at least the minimum leave of absence required.
15.3 Where the Employer decides to close a site over the Christmas/New Year period for any period in excess of the agreed minimum closedown, up to and including 20 Annual Leave days, then the Employer shall give at least 2 months’ notice to employees as per the relevant Award. Employees who have no, or insufficient, accrued annual leave equal to the period of the closure, may be granted leave without pay for that period.
15.4 Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in this Agreement, the Employer may require any employee to work in unforeseen or emergency circumstances during the Christmas period.
15.5 Where an employee requests that annual leave be allowed in one continuous period at Christmas, such a request shall not be unreasonably refused.
15.6 It is a breach of this Agreement and the Award for an employee to be paid his/her full accrual, or part thereof, of annual leave at Christmas or any other time, unless that employee takes such annual leave or his/her employment is terminated. Employment is not to be terminated for reasons of avoidance of this clause.
Christmas Closedown. 36.2.1 It is agreed that whenever annual leave is to taken in conjunction with the Christmas/New Year period, it is to be taken in accordance with the following procedure.
36.2.2 The Company will observe the Christmas-New Year Industry Closedown as set down in the agreed calendars (see cl.34.5.4 hereof) and will require employees to take some Annual Leave at this time.
36.2.3 Employees who have not accrued sufficient pro rata annual leave prior to commencement of the Christmas/New Year period, may be stood down by the Company to give that employee at least the minimum leave of absence required.
36.2.4 Where the Company decides to close a site over the Christmas/New Year period for any period in excess of the agreed minimum closedown, up to and including 20 Annual Leave days, then the Company shall give at least 2 months’ notice to employees as per the Award. Employees who have no, or insufficient, accrued annual leave equal to the period of the closure, may be stood down for that period.
36.2.5 Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in this Agreement, the Company may request any employee to work in unforeseen or emergency circumstances during the Christmas period on an essential project such as schools, hospitals, manufacturing industry shutdowns, etc. In any such event the Company shall recognise the individual right of employees not to work, provided that employees shall not unreasonably refuse such a request.
36.2.6 Where an employee requests that annual leave be allowed in one continuous period at Christmas, such a request shall not be unreasonably refused.
36.2.7 It is a breach of this Agreement and the Award for an employee to be paid his/her full accrual, or part thereof, of annual leave at Christmas or any other time, unless that employee takes such annual leave or his/her employment is terminated. Employment is not to be terminated for reasons of avoidance of this Sub Clause
Christmas Closedown. 47.1 In the construction sector Christmas shutdown shall be observed as per the industry calendar.
47.2 Subject to an employee exercising his/her request under Xxxxxx 26.4 an employee shall not be paid his/her full accrual, or part thereof, of annual leave at Christmas or any other time, unless that employee takes such annual leave or his/her employment is terminated. Employment is not to be terminated for reasons of avoidance of this subclause.
Christmas Closedown. 79.1 The CEO will consult with relevant employees where part of Territory Generation will close down for a nominated period and where the closedown will occur provided that:
(a) unless otherwise agreed by the parties, at least three months notice in writing is given to employees prior to the closedown period; and
(b) the nominated period covers the days of Christmas and New Year.
79.2 Closedown may apply to part of Territory Generation where the CEO decides to operate on minimal staffing levels for the purposes of providing essential services during a closedown period. This may occur subject to the CEO:
(a) consulting with employees regarding what staffing resources are required for the period and calling for volunteers to cover the closedown period in the first instance; or
(b) if no volunteers are forthcoming, directing employees with at least two months notice to cover the closedown period.
79.3 Employees affected by the closedown period must use either recreation leave, time off in lieu or flextime credits to cover the closedown period.
79.4 New employees, who will not be able to accrue enough leave credits to cover the closedown period, may be offered by the CEO, to work additional hours to enable sufficient time off in lieu or flextime credits to be accrued to cover the closedown period.
79.5 If an employee has insufficient recreation leave credits, time off in lieu or flextime credits, leave without pay to count as service for all purposes will be granted for the period where paid leave is not available.
Christmas Closedown. 38.1 The purpose of this clause is to enable the Employer to closedown part or all of its operations from the first working day after Christmas Day to the first working day after New Year’s Day (closedown period).
38.2 Where the Employer intends to closedown part or all of its operations for the closedown period, the Employer:
(a) will notify relevant Employees in writing of this intention no later than 1 October of the year in which the closedown is to take place;
(b) will request relevant Employees to utilise any accrued time in lieu, annual leave, substitute leave or additional hours accrued under a flexible working arrangement; and
(c) may require a minimum level of staffing to meet the operational requirements of the workplace.
38.3 If there are insufficient expressions of interest from relevant Employees to give effect to the closedown period, the following process will be applied, in order:
(a) the Employer may direct an Employee who has excessive annual leave (as defined in clause 41.6(b)(i)) to take annual leave during the closedown period;
(b) the Employer may then direct an Employee with accrued time in lieu or substitute leave to take that leave during the closedown period. 64 Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2016
38.4 The Employer will provide at least 4 weeks’ notice of any direction to take leave, under clause 38.3.
38.5 Where an Employee has insufficient leave or time in lieu , the Employer may agree to temporarily alter the ordinary working arrangements of the Employee to allow the Employee to bank sufficient time to cover their absence. This clause also applies to Employees classified at VPS Grade 5 or higher and the equivalent classifications in an adaptive structure.
Christmas Closedown. 13.1 The College may observe a closedown over the Christmas/New Year period.
13.2 The duration of the closedown will be at the discretion of the Managing Director but will not exceed 12 working days.
13.3 Employees will be required to take annual leave, accrued days off, long service leave, rostered days off, time in lieu of overtime or flexitime credit hours on the working days that the College is closed down. The employee may elect which form of leave is to be taken.
13.4 The Managing Director will as soon as possible, in each calendar year but not later than 30 June, advise employees of the period of closedown and the number of working days involved.
13.5 When taking leave during the year employees must be aware of the requirement to retain credits to cover the required number of days over the compulsory close down period.
13.6 New employees, employees who have exhausted their annual leave credits at the commencement of this Agreement, or employees who have been granted approval to utilise all leave credits will be entitled to take leave without pay or go into debit to cover the amount of leave involved, provided a refund is made by the employee, on termination, if credits to the value of the leave taken in advance have not been accrued.
Christmas Closedown. The College may observe a closedown over the Christmas/New Year period. The duration of the closedown will be at the discretion of the Managing Director but will not exceed 12 working days. Employees will be required to take annual leave, accrued days off, long service leave, rostered days off, time in lieu of overtime or flexitime credit hours on the working days that the College is closed down. The employee may elect which form of leave is to be taken. The Managing Director will as soon as possible, in each calendar year but not later than 30 June, advise employees of the period of closedown and the number of working days involved. When taking leave during the year employees must be aware of the requirement to retain credits to cover the required number of days over the compulsory close down period. New employees, employees who have exhausted their annual leave credits at the commencement of this Agreement, or employees who have been granted approval to utilise all leave credits will be entitled to take leave without pay or go into debit to cover the amount of leave involved, provided a refund is made by the employee, on termination, if credits to the value of the leave taken in advance have not been accrued.
Christmas Closedown. The CEO will consult with relevant employees in the event that the department, or part of the department, will be closed down for a nominated period. The closedown will occur provided that:
(a) at least three months notice in writing is given to employees prior to the closedown period; and
(b) the nominated period covers the Christmas and New Year period. Closedown may apply to part of the department where the CEO decides to operate on minimal staffing levels for the purposes of providing essential services during a closedown period. This may occur subject to the CEO:
(a) consulting with employees regarding what staffing resources are required for the period and calling for volunteers to cover the closedown period in the first instance; or
(b) if no volunteers are forthcoming, directing employees with at least two months notice to cover the closedown period. Employees affected by the closedown period must use either recreation leave or time off in lieu to cover the closedown period. New employees, who will not be able to accrue enough recreation leave credits to cover the closedown period, may be offered by the CEO, to work additional hours to enable sufficient time off in lieu to be accrued to cover the closedown period, or offered alternate work. If an employee has insufficient accrued recreation leave entitlements or time off in lieu and cannot be offered alternate work during closedown, leave without pay to count as service for all purposes will be granted for the period where paid leave is not available.
Christmas Closedown. It is agreed that whenever annual leave is to taken in conjunction with the Christmas/New Year period, it is to be taken in accordance with the following procedure. Employees who have not accrued sufficient pro rata annual leave prior to commencement of the Christmas/New Year period, may be stood down by the Company to give that employee at least the minimum leave of absence required. Where the Company decides to close a site over the Christmas/New Year period for any period in excess of the agreed minimum closedown, up to and including 20 Annual Leave days, then the Company shall give at least 2 months’ notice to employees. Employees who have no, or insufficient, accrued annual leave equal to the period of the closure, may be stood down without pay for that period. Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in this Agreement, the Company may request any employee to work in unforeseen or emergency circumstances during the Christmas period on an essential project such as schools, hospitals, manufacturing industry shutdowns, etc. In any such event the Company shall recognise the individual right of employees not to work, provided that employees shall not unreasonably refuse such a request. Where an employee requests that annual leave be allowed in one continuous period at Christmas, such a request shall not be unreasonably refused.
Christmas Closedown. This is clause 53 in the current Agreement. There is a minor change to amend provisions to accommodate situations where Christmas/New Year goes over a working week with the ability for work units to consider additional days before Christmas Day and after New Year’s Day.
