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CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND .............................................................1 2. THE LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT (SA) 1987 ...........................1 3. SACCS LONG SERVICE LEAVE FUND ...................................2 4. SACCS POLICIES RELATING TO LONG SERVICE LEAVE .............3 5. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF LONG SERVICE LEAVE.........................3 6. LONG SERVICE LEAVE FOR LESS THAN 8 YEARS OF SERVICE ....4 7. APPROVING LESS THAN ONE TERM’S LONG SERVICE LEAVE .....5 8. DEFERRAL OF LONG SERVICE LEAVE..................................6 9. PORTABILITY OF LONG SERVICE LEAVE BETWEEN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.................................7 10. PORTABILITY OF LONG SERVICE LEAVE BETWEEN INTERSTATE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS......................................................7 11. ENQUIRIES..................................................................7 APPENDIX A: SCHOOLS WHICH ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE SACCS LONG SERVICE LEAVE FUND ....................................................8
1. BACKGROUND 1.1 All employees in Catholic schools in South Australia are entitled to long service leave. N.B. This includes replacement, temporary and casual teachers and Educational Support Officers (including ESOs working in Before and After School Care, Tuckshop etc even if they are employed for only a minimal amount of time each week.) 1.2 In general terms the conditions under which long service leave is granted are determined by the Long Service Leave Act (SA) 1987 (The Act). The spirit of the Long Service Leave Act is to provide employees with an extended break from their employment after ten years of service. It is not intended that such leave be broken into smaller amounts unless specific circumstances warrant. 1.3 However, due to circumstances explained below, some of the conditions relating to long service leave in Catholic schools in South Australia are more generous than prescribed under the Act. 2. THE LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT (SA) 1987 Set out below are the general conditions under which long service leave is granted under the Act. 2.1 Employees remaining in employment are entitled to thirteen (13) weeks long service leave after ten completed years of service and a further 13 weeks each ten completed years thereafter. 2.2 Employees who retire, resign or who are retrenched become entitled to pro rata long service leave of 1.3 weeks for each completed year of service if they have completed at least seven completed years of service. For example, full time employees who have completed seven years of service and who resign are entitled to 9.1 weeks long service leave. Alternatively employees who have completed eleven years of service but who have already taken long service leave to which they were entitled at the completion of the first ten years of service could be entitled to 1.3 weeks leave upon resignation. 2.3 Part time employees are eligible for long service leave if they have been employed for ten completed years. They are eligible for pro rata long service leave on retirement, resignation or retrenchment after they have been employed for seven completed years. The Act provides for each employee to be credited with the same number of calendar days of long service leave each year irrespective of the time fraction worked. However, the rate of payment is then determined by averaging the preceding 3 years FTE time (3 years back from the date the leave is taken). 2.4 Leave taken without pay by employees for whatever reason (e.g. special leave, maternity leave, child rearing leave) does not count as service for the purposes of Long Service Leave Guidelines for Employees in Catholic Schools in South Australia Page 1
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