AN150029 – Carpenters & Joiners (General) Award 1993

CLAUSE 52. TRADE UNION TRAINING LEAVE

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(a) Employees, other than casuals, covered by this Award shall be allowed leave without loss of pay up to a maximum of 5 days per annum to attend trade union training courses conducted, sponsored or endorsed by the Trade union Training Authority. Preference shall be given in the granting of such leave to employees who are members of the union.

(b) In addition, employees who are recognised job delegates or shop steward or who hold official positions as set out in the rules of the union shall be allowed further leave of up to 5 days per annum without loss of pay to attend Trade Union Training Authority Courses conducted at Clyde Cameron College. In any one year no more than one employee of any one employer shall be on leave pursuant to this subclause.

(c) Subclauses (a) and (b) hereof shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) The employer may withhold consent if less than 2 weeks written notice is received of the dates, times,description, and venue of the course and the name of the attending employee.

(ii) Such notice is to be endorsed by the Secretary of the union or his authorised agent.

(iii) The employee shall provide to the Secretary of the union and the employer a report on the course within a reasonable time after its completion.

(iv) The employer must be able to make adequate staffing arrangements during the period of such leave.

(v) The employer shall not be liable for any additional cost other than the payment of extra remuneration where relieving arrangements are instituted to cover the absence of employees.

(vi) Where an employee attending a course pursuant to this clause is recalled to work by the employer owing to reasons unforeseen at the time of granting such leave, all time spent at the course prior to recall shall be reinstated as if such leave was not taken.

(vii) If an employee fails to attend a course for which such leave has been granted, the union shall notify the employer of the non-attendance, and the period thereof, as soon as possible. The employer shall not be required to make payment for any period of such leave granted which is not utilised in the attendance at a course unless the employee can substantiate that the failure to attend the course was due to illness.

(viii) An employee shall have completed a period of 12 months service with an employer before proceeding upon trade union training leave unless the employee has had more than 3 years service in the industries covered by this Award, in which case the employee need have only 6 months service with the employer.

(ix) At any time no more than one employee of any one employer shall be absent on trade union training leave at any one time without the consent of the employer.

(d) The preceding subclauses of this clause shall be subject to the following conditions governing the maximum amount of paid trade union training leave granted in any one year by any one employer.

(i) Where less than 10 employees are employed, no paid leave.

(ii) Where 10 or more employees but less than 40 employees are employed, a maximum of 10 days paid leave.

(iii) Where 40 or more employees but less than 100 employees are employed, a maximum of 10 days paid leave.

(iv) Where 100 or more employees are employed, a maximum of 15 days paid leave.

(e) Leave taken pursuant to this subclause shall be regarded as continuous service for all purposes of this award and for purposes of long service entitlement.