The Varied Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005 - 2009

Part Three – Employment Conditions

46.      Personal leave

46.1.  Other than casual employees, personal leave is provided for the following circumstances:

• sick leave for all staff members for recovery from personal illness;
• carer’s leave for all staff members to care for an immediate family member who is ill, injured, incapacitated, or to provide related care for a medical condition subject to a medical practitioner’s certificate;
• bereavement leave for an immediate family member;
• cultural leave; or
• other compassionate or appropriate grounds as determined by the delegate.

46.2.  For the purpose of personal leave the term “immediate family member” means the staff member’s partner including spouse, de facto and same sex partner, child, including the child of the staff member’s partner, parent including parent of the staff member’s partner, sibling, grandparent, or grandchild.

46.3.  A staff member is entitled to personal leave on full pay at the rate of:

46.4.   All personal leave is cumulative.

46.5.   On commencement a staff member will be credited with the 1st year’s entitlement. 2nd and subsequent year’s entitlement accrues throughout the year and available on the anniversary of appointment.

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

46.7.   As at the certification date of this Agreement academic staff will accrue personal leave in accordance with clause 46.3. All existing academic staff shall be provided with a one-off additional personal leave credit of 15 days per year for each year of service, provided that where a staff member or their supervisor establishes that significant personal leave has been already taken, this additional personal leave credit may be varied accordingly. Should this leave credit be insufficient to cover an extended period of personal leave, a staff member is able to make an application to the Director - Human Resources for assistance during his or her illness in line with clause 46.10.

46.8.   All staff must submit an application for all periods of leave taken under personal leave.

46.9.   A medical certificate is required for absences in excess of 5 consecutive days or 3 or more 12-hour shifts. Where considered warranted, the delegate may require a medical certificate for any future absence(s).

46.10. 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.

46.11. Applications for personal leave for the purpose of attending a significant cultural event in accordance with clause 46.1 will normally be submitted 4 weeks prior to leave to allow the work area to make appropriate staffing arrangements to cover the absence if necessary.

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