Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005-2008

Part Three — Employment Conditions | Section 4 — Leave and Holidays

36. Personal Leave

36.1 Entitlement

36.1.1 Subject to sub-clauses 36.1.3 and 36.1.4, a full time general staff member, employed pursuant to a fixed term or standard appointment is entitled to:

36.1.1(a) during the first three years of service, 20 days personal leave for each year of service; and

36.1.1(b) for each year of service after the third year of service, 25 days personal leave for each year of service.

36.1.2 Subject to sub-clauses 36.1.3 and 36.1.4, a full time academic staff member employed pursuant to a fixed term or standard appointment is entitled to 5 days personal leave for each year of service.

36.1.3 A staff member's Personal Leave will accrue and will be accessible as follows:

36.1.3(a) the first year's entitlement will be credited and accessible upon appointment;

36.1.3(b) the second year's entitlements will accrue throughout the first year and will be accessible upon the first anniversary of appointment;

36.1.3(c) subsequent years' entitlements will accrue and will be accessible in the same manner as in paragraph 36.1.3(b).

36.1.4 Upon appointment, a general staff member or academic staff member employed on a fixed term appointment of 6 months or less will be credited with 50% of the leave provided for in paragraph 36.1.1(a) or sub-clause 36.1.2 respectively.

36.1.5 A general staff member or an academic staff member who is employed part time pursuant to a fixed term or standard appointment will accrue the Personal Leave provided for in sub-clause 36.1.1 or sub-clause 36.1.2 respectively, on a pro rata basis.

36.1.6 Personal leave credits are cumulative.

36.2 What can Personal Leave be used for?

36.2.1 Personal leave can be used for:

36.2.1(a) in the case of a general staff member, leave to enable the staff member to recover from illness;

36.2.1(b) in the case of a general staff member who has responsibility for the care of an immediate family member who is ill, leave to provide care and support for that family member;

36.2.1(c) leave associated with the death of an immediate family member;

36.2.1(d) attending significant cultural events of relevance to the staff member;

36.2.1(e) other compassionate or appropriate grounds as determined by the delegate.

36.2.2 Applications for personal leave for the purposes of paragraph 36.2.1 (a) or (b), in excess of 5 consecutive working days, must be accompanied by a medical certificate that states that, either:

36.2.2(a) the staff member is unfit for duty;

36.2.2(b) the staff member's immediate family member is unwell and the staff member is required to care for the unwell family member.

36.2.3 In addition to sub-clause 36.2.2 the delegate may require a staff member to provide a medical certificate for any absence if the delegate considers such a request is warranted.

36.2.4 Applications for personal leave for the purpose of attending a significant cultural event in accordance with sub-clause 36.2.1 (d) will normally be submitted 4 weeks prior to the leave to allow the work area to make appropriate staffing arrangements to cover the absence if necessary.

36.2.5 Where reasonable circumstances exist, the delegate may approve a staff member taking part of his or her personal leave entitlement as additional days on a half pay basis.

36.2.6 A seriously ill staff member who has used all of his or her Personal Leave credits and who is suffering substantial hardship may apply to Director, Human Resources for assistance during his or her illness.

36.2.7 A staff member who is accepted, by a relevant superannuation fund, for temporary or permanent incapacity will have a notional sick leave balance calculated for the purposes of determining the commencement date for incapacity payment.

36.2.8 The notional sick leave accruals for the purpose of calculating the balance provided for in sub-clause 36.2.6 will be calculated on the basis of 15 days' of sick leave for the first three completed years of continuous service with the University and 20 days' of sick leave for each completed year of service thereafter.

36.3 Definition

For the purpose of this clause the term "immediate family member" means the staff member's:

36.3(a) spouse, including de facto and same sex partner;

36.3(b) child, including the child of the staff member's spouse;

36.3(c) parent, including parent of the staff member's spouse;

36.3(d) sibling;

36.3(e) grandparent; or

36.3(f) grandchild.

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