AN120118 – Charitable, Aged and Disability Care Services (State) Award

19. ANNUAL LEAVE

(i) All employees shall be entitled to the provisions of the Annual Holidays Act 1944.

(ii)

(a) Full-time employees and permanent part-time employees who are rostered to work their 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 they have worked:

	Full-time Employees	Permanent part-time Employees
3 shifts or less	Nil	Nil
4 - 10 shifts	one day	0.2 weeks
11 - 17 shifts	two days	0.4 weeks
18 - 24 shifts	three days	0.6 weeks
25 - 31 shifts	four days	0.8 weeks
32 or more shifts	five days	1 week.

Provided that an employee, entitled to additional annual leave by virtue of this sub-clause, may elect to be paid an amount equivalent to the value of his/her additional leave entitlements in lieu of taking the additional leave. Such election is to be made in writing by the employee at the commencement of each year of employment and is irrevocable during the currency of that year of employment.

(b) Live-in Housekeepers employed and paid as such shall accrue an additional weeks leave for every twelve (12) months of continuous service on a pro-rata basis.

(iii) Provided that on termination of employment, employees shall be entitled to payment for any untaken annual leave due under sub-clause (ii) together with payment for any leave in respect of an uncompleted year of employment calculated in accordance with sub-clause (i).

(iv) Employees entitled to allocated days off duty in accordance with sub-clause (vi) of clause 7- Hours of this award, shall accrue credits towards an allocated day off duty in respect of each day those employees are absent on additional annual leave in accordance with sub-clause (ii) of this clause and sub-clauses (iv) and (v) of clause 18-Public Holidays.