AN120435 – Private Hospital Industry Nurses' (State) Award
1. For long service leave falling due prior to 20th February 1981, see Long Service Leave Act 1955.
2. For long service leave falling due after 20th February 1981 the following provisions shall apply:
(a)
(i) Every employee after ten years' continuous service with the same employer shall be entitled to two months' long service leave on full pay; after fifteen years' continuous service to an additional one month's long service leave on full pay; and for each five years' continuous service thereafter to an additional one and one half months' long service leave on full pay. Such leave shall be taken at a time to be mutually arranged between the employer and the employee.
(ii) Where the service of an employee with at least five years' service is terminated, the employee shall be entitled for five years' service to one month's long service leave on full pay and for service after 5 years to a proportionate amount of such leave on full pay calculated on the basis of 2 months' long service leave for 10 years' service.
(b) Where an employee has acquired a right to extended leave under subclause (a) of this clause, then and in every such case:
(i) If before such leave has been entered upon the employment of such employee has been terminated such employee shall be entitled to receive the monetary value of the leave to which such employee has been entitled computed at the rate of salary which such employee had been receiving immediately prior to the termination of employment.
(ii) If such employee dies before entering upon such extended leave, or if after having entered upon the same dies before its termination, his widow, or in the case of a widower leaving children his children or their guardians or other dependent relatives or their legal representatives, shall be entitled to receive the monetary value of the leave not taken or not completed, as the case may be, and computed at the rate of salary which the employee had been receiving at the time of death.
(c) For the purpose of this clause:
(i) Continuous service in the same hospital prior to the coming into force of this award shall be taken into account.
(ii) One month equals four and one-third weeks.
(iii) Continuous service shall be deemed not to have been broken by:
a. any period of absence on leave without pay not exceeding six months;
b. absence of an employee from the hospital whilst a member of the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth in time of war.
(d) Where any employee has been granted a period of long service leave prior to the coming into force of this award the amount of such leave shall be debited against the amount of leave due under this award.
(e) Any period(s) of part-time employment with the same employer shall count towards long service leave as provided for in paragraph 2(a) of this clause. Such long service leave shall be paid for on the basis of the proportion that the average number of hours worked per week bears to 38 hours.
(f) Where an employee has accrued a right to an allocated day off duty on pay prior to entering a period of long service leave such day shall be taken on the next working day immediately following the period of long service leave.
An employee returning to duty from long service leave shall be given the next allocated day off duty in sequence irrespective of whether sufficient credits have been accumulated or not.
