AN150039 – Clerks' (South Australia) Award

CLAUSE 7.7 TRADE UNION TRAINING LEAVE
OPDATE 26:08:97 1st pp on or after

7.7.1

7.7.1.1 Employees other than casual employees will be allowed leave without loss of pay to attend Trade Union Training Australia Inc Courses conducted or sponsored by the Trade Union Training Australia Inc.

7.7.1.2 Where on a premises an employer employs employees under this Award the employer will grant a maximum number of normal working days leave per premises per annum in accordance with the following formula;

Number of employees	Days leave
per premises	per annum
Between 5 and 20	5
Between 20 and 40	10
Over 40	15

7.7.2

7.7.2.1 Subject to Sub-Clause 7.7.3.5.

Employees who are recognised as job delegates under this Award will be allowed leave without loss of pay up to a maximum of five additional normal working days per annum, (not exceeding 10 normal working days in total), to attend trade union training courses as described in 7.7.1.1.

7.7.2.2 Leave taken by a job delegate pursuant to this sub-clause which exceeds five normal working days will be deemed as leave taken pursuant to the formula prescribed by 7.7.1.2 whichever applies.

7.7.3 The provisions of 7.7.1 will be subject to the following conditions;

7.7.3.1 Not less than four weeks notice must be given by the employee to the employer of the date of commencement of the training course and the period over which the course is to be conducted.

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

7.7.3.3 An employee must have completed a period of 12 months service with an employer before becoming eligible for the leave.

7.7.3.4 At any one time, no more than one employee of any one establishment of any employer covered by this Award shall be on leave pursuant to this Clause unless otherwise agreed.

7.7.3.5 This Clause will not bind an employer who employs less than five employees pursuant to this Award on any given premises.

7.7.4 Leave taken pursuant to the Clause will be counted as continuous service for all purposes of the Award and for the purposes of Long Service Leave entitlements.