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4 LEAVE4.2 ADOPTION, MATERNITY AND PARENTAL LEAVE4.2.1 GENERALThe following sections contain policy and procedures on the adoption, maternity and parentalleave entitlements of permanent and long term temporary non teaching staff in schools.See section 4.4 for the entitlements of short term temporary and casual staff.4.2.2 DEFINITIONS“Anticipated date of birth” means a date specified by a medical practitioner to be the date onwhich the medical practitioner expects the staff member to give birth.“Birth” shall include stillbirth except where otherwise stated.“Continuous service” includes:all periods of paid leave, previous adoption, maternity and parental leavewithout pay, sick leave without pay, school vacations, public holidays and up toa total of five days leave without pay;long term temporary service as a non teaching staff in schools staff memberwhich merges without a break with employment as a permanent staff member;and,previous service with TAFE or another government department which mergeswith employment as a permanent or long term temporary staff member.“Primary caregiver” means the person who assumes the principal role of providing care andattention to the child.Handbook for non teaching staff in schools 2007 Page 4 - 4