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4 LEAVE2002, staff members eligible for recognition of service are those who: commenced employment with the NSW Department of Education andTraining after 1 January 2006; and were previously employed in a Commonwealth, interstate or NSWgovernment agency identified as such through the HR Expert Agency InquiryOption.4.5.10.4 Staff Members Dismissed From Previous EmploymentThe provisions of the Transferred Officers Extended Leave Act 1961 do not apply tostaff who were dismissed from their previous employment, except where thedismissal was by reason of retrenchment or reduction of work.4.5.10.5 Service Recognised by Previous EmployerWhen a staff member transfers to a department from an employer declared under theTransferred Officers Extended Leave Act 1961 and where such service is acceptedby the current employer, all such service accepted by the previous employer forextended leave purposes shall be taken into account to the same extent as hasalready been allowed by the previous employer.4.5.11 SERVICE DEEMED TO BE CONTINUOUS4.5.11.1 Criteria for Continuous Service: Transferred Officers Extended Leave Act 1961For the purposes of the Transferred Officers Extended Leave Act 1961, a staffmember's service shall be deemed continuous if:a) the staff member entered on duty in a NSW Public Service department on thenext working day following cessation of employment with the former declaredemployer; orb) the staff member has been accepted for employment by a NSW Public Servicedepartment prior to the last day of service with the former declared employer, inwhich case a break of up to two months may be allowed between cessation ofduty with the former employer and commencement of duty in the NSW PublicService department;c) after retrenchment, the staff member is re-employed by the same employerwithin twelve months of the date of retrenchment; ord) immediately after attending a full time course of training under theCommonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme (CRTS), the staff member wasre-employed by the same employer.e) If a staff member has had a period of service with the armed forces of Australiathat was during or partly during a period of war in which the Naval, Military or AirForces of Australia were engaged, the maximum break allowed between ceasingservice with the armed forces and entering on duty in a department shall betwelve months. This time limit also applies to members of the armed forces whohave served in an area prescribed as an operational area for the purposes ofsubsection 2 of Section 4 of the Transferred Officers Extended Leave Act 1961(i.e. Special Service).Handbook for non teaching staff in schools 2007 Page 4 - 30