AN120012 – Aged Care Industry (Broken Hill) Award
(a) All employees other than casuals shall, on the completion of each 12 months employment, be given five weeks annual leave.
(b) Each week of annual leave for a permanent part-time employee shall be calculated on the average weekly hours for the 12 months period over which the leave has accrued.
(c)
(i) In any year of employment, should an employee not complete 12 months service, he/she shall on the termination of his/her employment, be entitled to receive payment in lieu of annual leave on a pro rata basis.
(ii) Payment shall be calculated by multiplying the employee's ordinary rate of pay, at the time of termination, by the number of completed weeks worked in the period since the date of last annual leave accrual, (or since the date of commencement if in the first 12 months of employment), and calculating 5/47th of the result.
(d) The employer or employee shall provide three months notice where practicable, and not less than one month's notice, of the date upon which it is intended the employee shall enter upon annual leave. Provided that the actual date of annual leave shall be determined by mutual agreement.
(e) Before an employee proceeds on annual leave they shall be paid all monies due to them in respect of the period of leave being taken. Provided that, where an employer normally pay wages by Electronic Funds Transfers, an employee may elect to forego payment in advance and have annual leave entitlements paid into their private account in the normal way.
(f)
(i) Every employer shall ensure that for each employee there shall be maintained an accurate record of annual leave.
(ii) That record shall show the employee's date of commencement, the date on which leave is due, all credits and debits, the payment of annual leave loading entitlements for the year, and any additional leave accruing as a result of Sundays and Public Holidays worked.
(g) Additional Annual Leave
(i) An employee rostered to work ordinary hours on Sundays and/or Public Holidays shall be entitled to receive additional annual leave, if during a qualifying period of employment for annual leave purposes, shifts have been worked in accordance with the following scale:-
3 shifts or less |
nil |
4 - 10 shifts |
0.2 of a week |
11 - 17 shifts |
0.4 of a week |
18 - 24 shifts |
0.6 of a week |
25 - 31 shifts |
0.8 of a week |
32 or more shifts |
1.0 week |
(ii) On termination of employment, an employee shall be entitled to payment in lieu for any untaken additional annual leave accrued, plus payment for the pro rata amount worked since the date that annual leave was last accrued.
