Long Service Leave Guidelines For Employees In Catholic Schools ...

7.3.5 Other exceptional circumstances approved by the principal
7.3.6 If the needs of the students or the school would be best covered.
8. DEFERRAL OF LONG SERVICE LEAVE
8.1 The policy of not deferring long service leave without a good reason has been
established by SACCS so that employees will take regular and extended breaks from
work in order to be rejuvenated and refreshed and to maintain the viability of the
Long Service Leave Fund.
8.2 An employee may defer taking long service leave with the written approval of
his/her employer (normally the Principal). Before giving approval the employer
must ensure that
EITHER
8.2.1 the deferral is in accordance with SACCS Guidelines (See 8.3 below).
OR
8.2.2 if the deferral is outside guidelines and the employer believes an
exception should be made and that approval for the exception has been
obtained from the Administration, Finance and Planning Standing
Committee.
8.3 Long service leave may only be deferred for the following reasons:-
8.3.1 First year of appointment in a new school - leave may be deferred for up
to one year.
8.3.2 Change in curriculum of a school necessitating presence of a particular
teacher - leave may be deferred for up to one year.
8.3.3 Family reasons:-
• ongoing serious illness in a family member which may necessitate
time off work for future caring
• to allow for completion of a child's secondary education - leave
may be deferred for up to one year
• to allow for long service leave to coincide with a spouse's leave -
leave may be deferred for up to one year.
8.4 While SACCS policy encourages leave to be taken after eight years of service, no
special approval of the SACCS Administration, Finance and Planning Standing
Committee is required if leave is deferred until ten years of service have been
accrued, in accord with the Long Service Leave Act. However, for reasons given in
7.1 above leave should still be taken in multiples of one term.
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