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i. The common cash-up date for the automatic payment of recreation leave
loadings is the second payday in January of each year or in any case by the
end of January each year; and
ii. An Employee with two accrued recreation leave loadings as at 1 January will
have one recreation leave loading automatically paid on the common cashup
date of that year; and
iii. An Employee with three or more accrued recreation leave loadings as at
1 January will have two recreation leave loadings automatically paid on the
common cash-up date of that year; and
iv. Recreation leave loadings will be paid in the order of accrual; and
v. Recreation leave loadings will continue to be taxed in accordance with
current Australian Taxation Office taxation legislation applicable to the
payment of recreation leave loadings, except that recreation leave loadings
automatically paid on the common cash-up date will be fully taxed.
(b)
The automatic payment of recreation leave loadings will not apply to shift workers.
58. Long Service Leave
58.1 Subject to the provisions of this clause, Long Service Leave (LSL) will be utilised as detailed in
By-law 8 of the PSEM Act.
58.2 The CEO may recognise an Employee’s prior service with a recognised employer, determined
by the Commissioner, for LSL purposes after 2 years service with the NTPS.
58.3 An Employee who has not obtained approval from their CEO to delay the utilisation of their
LSL beyond the three (3) year limit of By-law 8(2A) will:
(a)
be directed by the CEO to utilise the 10 year LSL credit from a date which suits the needs
of the Agency; or
(b) have the 10 year LSL credit cashed out from the date determined in .sub-clause 58.3
58.4 By-law 8 (2B) (a) will be read as “to use their entitlement where the Employee on 7 March
1999 is within ten years of the minimum retirement age of 55 years of age”.
58.5 For the purposes of By-law 8 (8), the minimum period of LSL an Employee may be granted is
7 calendar days.
58.6 By-law 8 will be varied to reflect this clause during the life of the Agreement
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NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement