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(a)
(b)
An Employee’s entitlement to paid recreation leave accrues progressively during a year
of service according to the Employee’s ordinary hours of work.
If an Employee takes unpaid leave that does not count as service, leave will not accrue
for that period.
(Note: An Employee who has taken unpaid leave that does count for service will accrue leave for
that period.)
(c)
(d)
(e)
A part-time Employee will accrue recreation leave on a pro-rata basis in accordance with
his or her agreed hours of work.
An Employee who has worked for only part of a year will accrue recreation leave on a
pro-rata basis in accordance with his/her ordinary hours of work or, agreed hours of
work if a part-time Employee.
Recreation leave accumulates from year to year.
56.5 Granting of Leave
The CEO may, on application in writing by the Employee, grant leave for recreation purposes, subject
to the Department’s operational requirements. The CEO will not unreasonably refuse to agree to a
request by the Employee to take recreation leave.
56.6 Public Holidays
Where a public holiday occurs during recreation leave, the Employee is entitled to payment at the
same rate as the rate allowed for recreation leave and the period of the public holiday is not
deducted from the Employee’s recreation leave entitlement.
56.7 Excess Leave
Where an Employee has recreation leave credits in excess of two (2) years (or three (3) years in the
case of a compulsory transferee), the CEO may, on giving a minimum of two (2) months notice, and
provided that direction is reasonable, direct the Employee to take recreation leave and the
employee must take that leave within a three (3) month period, or a period agreed between the
parties, to reduce the accrued leave to the equivalent of two (2) years (or three (3) years in the case
of a compulsory transferee) of credit.
56.8 Cash-out of Leave
An Employee may apply, in writing, to the CEO to cash-out an amount of his/her available recreation
leave provided that:
(a)
the Employee’s remaining accrued entitlement to paid recreation leave is not less than
four (4) weeks;
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NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement