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normal time of commencement of work. Each application foremergency leave will be considered on its own merit. TheAGENCY may require the employee to substantiate suchemergency and in cases that he/she defaults, disciplinaryaction will be taken against him/her and a day’s pay will bededucted from the salary. What constitutes emergencyleave is at Management’s discretion.v) The AGENCY reserves the right to stop approvedvacation leave or part of it according to its businessexigencies to ensure that all sites and offices are adequatelystaffed. In this case, the employee will have the right tochoose other dates.vi) Accumulation of vacation leave, from one year toanother, will not be permitted unless an employee applies forsuch leave in advance not later than the 30 th September,giving reasons for the request and is granted permission bythe AGENCY to do so, provided that the employeesubstantiates the reasons given with documentary evidence.Approved accumulated leave will be forfeited if not utilizedfor the purpose that it was granted for.vii) If due to the exigencies of the AGENCY theemployee is formally requested by the AGENCY not to makefull use of his/her vacation leave entitlement for that year, orleave applications were not authorized (as advised in writtenformat), the employee concerned will either avail himself ofsuch vacation leave by the end of March of the followingyear or be paid in respect of same at normal time rates at thebasic rate of the year of the vacation leave entitlement.viii) In no case shall permission be granted for vacationleave to be accumulated for more than one (1) year.ix) Employees shall avail themselves of their vacationleave entitlement at the exigencies of the AGENCY.Vacation leave not utilized by the end of the calendar yearshall be forfeited except as described above.5x) No outstanding vacation leave balances will be paidby the Agency after the end of 2004 except as noted in subclause16. vii above17. SPECIAL LEAVE WITH PAYPermanent employees shall be entitled to Special leave with pay in thefollowing circumstances:-a) Bereavement: Two (2) working days on the death of theemployee’s spouse or partner, parents (or the persons who at the timewere acting as parents to the employee), children, brothers and sistersand one (1) day on the death of the parents-in-law. Such leave is to beavailed of immediately on bereavement.b) Marriage: Three (3) working days immediately onmarriage.c) Birth of child: Two (2) working days on the birth of a child to theemployee’s wife, to be availed of within four (4) weeks from birth.d) Adoption: Female employees are entitled to five (5)weeks on the legal adoption of a minor child to be availed of at the timethat they take custody of the child. Male employees are entitled to two(2) working days on the legal adoption of a minor child to be availed of atthe time that they take custody of the child. Evidence of adoption mustbe provided.e) Maternity: Whole-time female employees shall begranted maternity leave in accordance with the provisions of the localLegislation in force at the time. This is currently thirteen (13) weeksmaternity leave on full pay and one (1) week unpaid maternity leave.f) Jury Service: All the necessary time-off with full pay less anypayments effected by the Authorities concerned.g) Union business: The officially designated UNIONrepresentative or his delegate as authorized by the UNION, shall begranted a total aggregate of five (5) working days in every calendar yearto attend to seminars, conferences, or congresses of the UNION or to
epresent the UNION locally or abroad. This special leave shall berequested in writing by the UNION and shall be granted depending onthe exigencies of the AGENCY.h) Post-injury on duty: An employee who sustains an injury onduty as specified and in accordance with the provisions of Clause 20shall be granted the necessary time off to attend for post injury treatmentand/or to appear before the Social Security Injuries board provided thathe/she produces prior official notification to the AGENCY.i) Police Witness: An employee shall be granted thenecessary time-off when he/she is required by the competent Authoritiesto assist in investigations connected with the AGENCY or its activitiesprovided that the employee is not the subject of such investigations.The employee is to produce an official document proving the request bythe Authorities.18. SPECIAL UNPAID LEAVEa) Provided that the operational exigencies of the AGENCY sopermit, special unpaid leave may be granted for the purposeof educational advancement and when representing Malta insports activities. In such instances the period of unpaidleave is to be determined by the CEO in writing and inadvance in each case.b) All employees may be granted up to one (1) year specialunpaid leave after the birth of their child, if they so requestthe AGENCY in writing, subject to the following:i) This is to be availed of once within the first three (3)years of the birth of the child.ii)This special unpaid leave may only be granted to allemployees who have been in the AGENCY’semployment for a minimum period of one (1) yearwithout interruption of service. This leave may beavailed of in respect of each child. Femaleemployees who avail themselves of the fourteen (14)weeks maternity leave still have the obligation to putin six (6) months’ service.6iii)iv)The AGENCY has the right to employ a replacementon definite contract.On return from unpaid leave, the employee has theright to return in her/his grade at a post which theAGENCY deems necessary.v) As an option to the one year unpaid leave, a femaleemployee may request to work reduced hours of 20or 30 hours in a week. Payment of salary andbenefits will be pro-rata. Permission to work reducedhours will be at the discretion of the AGENCY.vi)19. SICK LEAVEThose employees who are granted the one (1) yearspecial leave without pay, shall not be allowed toresume duty prior to the expiry of the period agreedupon, unless approval is granted by Management.a) i) Employees detailed to the AGENCY shall be entitledup to the following sick leave with pay in everycalendar year:-ii)Up to six (6) months continuous serviceTwo (2) days on full pay for every month’s serviceAfter six (6) months continuous service:Thirty (30) working days on full pay andThirty (30) working days on half pay.Employees engaged directly by the AGENCY shallbe entitled to the following sick leave with pay inevery calendar year.Up to six (6) months continuous serviceTwo (2) days on full pay for every month’s serviceAfter six (6) months continuous service:Twenty (20) working days on full pay andTwenty (20) working days on half pay.
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