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51.2 These expenses will be paid<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

after <strong>the</strong> completion <strong>of</strong> seven years continuous service at Gove District hospital; <strong>and</strong><br />

will be in accordance with <strong>the</strong> terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Territory Government's Removalist<br />

Contract <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Department’s policies <strong>and</strong> procedures in relation to removal expenses.<br />

52. Commuted Overtime Allowance for Remote Areas<br />

The CEO <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> employees in a remote locality may agree to commute overtime to an<br />

allowance which will not count for superannuation, <strong>and</strong> arrangements will be implemented through<br />

meeting <strong>the</strong> requirements under clause 47.2 Variation to Working Arrangements <strong>of</strong> Groups <strong>of</strong><br />

Employees.<br />

Division 4 – Leave entitlements<br />

53. Parental Leave<br />

53.1 Relationships with By-laws, National Employment St<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r instruments.<br />

(a) The provisions <strong>of</strong> this clause set out all entitlements in relation to parental leave, <strong>and</strong><br />

replace all By-law provisions relating to maternity, paternity, parental <strong>and</strong> adoption<br />

leave, except for those provisions applying to compulsory transferees under By-law 53<br />

that are more generous than <strong>the</strong> entitlements provided under this clause.<br />

(b) The provisions <strong>of</strong> this clause are to be read in conjunction with <strong>the</strong> National<br />

Employment St<strong>and</strong>ard to <strong>the</strong> extent that if this clause provides a lesser entitlement than<br />

<strong>the</strong> National Employment St<strong>and</strong>ard, <strong>the</strong> National Employment St<strong>and</strong>ard will apply.<br />

53.2 Definitions<br />

For <strong>the</strong> purposes <strong>of</strong> this clause:<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

“continuous service” in relation to a period <strong>of</strong> service by an Employee, means a period<br />

<strong>of</strong> service with an Employer during <strong>the</strong> whole <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> period, including any period <strong>of</strong><br />

authorised paid leave, or any period <strong>of</strong> authorised unpaid leave that is expressly stated<br />

as counting as service by a term or condition <strong>of</strong> employment, or by a law <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.<br />

“de facto spouse” means a person who lives with <strong>the</strong> Employee as husb<strong>and</strong>, wife or<br />

same sex partner on a genuine domestic basis, although not legally married to <strong>the</strong><br />

Employee.<br />

“eligible casual Employee” means a casual Employee engaged by an Employer on a<br />

regular <strong>and</strong> systematic basis for a sequence <strong>of</strong> periods <strong>of</strong> employment during a period<br />

<strong>of</strong>:<br />

45<br />

NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement

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