Enterprise Agreement 2011-14 - Department of Climate Change

Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency – Enterprise Agreement 2011-14
o Christmas Day (25 December);
o Boxing Day (26 December);
o Any other day, or part-day, declared or prescribed by or under a law of a State or
Territory to be observed generally within the State or Territory, or a region of the
State or Territory, as a public holiday, other than a day or part-day, or a kind of day
or part-day, that is excluded by the Fair Work regulations from counting as a public
holiday.
20.2. If under a state or territory law, a day or part day is substituted for one of the public holidays
listed above, then the substituted day or part day is the public holiday.
20.3. The Secretary and an employee may agree on the substitution of a day or part day that
would otherwise be a public holiday, having regard to operational requirements.
20.4. An employee, who is absent on a day or part-day that is a public holiday in the place where
the employee is based for work purposes, is entitled to be paid for the part or full day
absence as if that day or part-day was not a public holiday, except where that person would
not normally have worked on that day.
20.5. Where a public holiday falls during a period when an employee is absent on leave (other
than Annual or paid Personal/carers leave) there is no entitlement to receive payment as a
public holiday. Payment for that day would be in accordance with the entitlement for that
form of leave (e.g. if on long service leave on half pay, payment is on half pay).
20.6. Part time employees normally not working on the days of the week on which annual
closedown occur will not be entitled to alternative time off duty.
20.7. An employee may refuse on reasonable grounds a request to work on a public holiday.
21. Part-time employment and job sharing
21.1. A part time employee is one who:
o regularly works less than full time ordinary hours; and
o has reasonably predictable hours of work.
21.2. All part-time and job sharing work arrangements will be subject to agreement.
21.3. The Secretary will consider applications in light of operational requirements. Where an
employee has had a formal application for part time, job sharing or work from home
arrangements rejected, the Secretary will advise the employee of the reason(s) for the
decision in writing, including reasons relating to operational requirements. The Secretary,
the employee and, where the employee requests, a support person will meet to consider
alternative arrangements if required.
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