Higher Education Industry-General Staff-Award 2010 - Business SA

30.3 Annual leave loadingHigher Education Industry—General Staff—Award 2010Annual leave loading will be paid at a rate of 17.5% of the ordinary rate of pay paidduring the leave period, up to the limit of payment equal to the AustralianStatistician’s average weekly earnings for all males (Australia) for the precedingAugust quarter.Shiftworkers on annual leave will be paid the greater of:(a)(b)shift penalties an employee would have received had they not been on annualleave; orthe 17.5% annual leave loading as prescribed.30.4 Close down(a)Christmas/New Year close downEmployees may be required to take annual leave during a period ofChristmas/New Year close down, for days other than public holidays(including any substituted days) falling during that period. Employees withinsufficient accrued annual leave will take leave without pay.(b)Seasonal stand down of residential colleges staffEmployees engaged in domestic work in, or in connection with, residentialcolleges may be stood down without pay during official term breaks, semesterbreaks and the Christmas/Summer vacation, provided that:(i)(ii)an employee will be given as much notice as practicable of the start andfinish of any stand down period; notice must be at least one week and bein writing. Once notice is given, the stand down period must not bevaried unless by mutual consent between the employer and the employee;an employee may take accrued annual leave or long service leave duringterm breaks, semester breaks and the Christmas/Summer vacation;(iii) all periods of stand down must count for the purpose of accrual of sickleave, annual leave and long service leave;(iv) if appropriate work is available for an employee during any period ofstand down, the existing employee will be offered such employment(whether on a full-time or casual basis) before any additional employee isemployed; the employee who has been stood down may refuse an offerof employment without prejudice to their normal employmentrelationship;(v)for the purpose of this clause appropriate work will mean such work as isavailable that is capable of being performed by the employee.Remuneration for such work will be at the rate of pay applicable to thework being performed; and(vi) no employee will have their employment terminated on the grounds ofwork not being available due to a term break, semester break orChristmas/Summer vacation.28 MA000007