AP772288 - CSIRO (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Award 1999
26.1 Entitlement: After 12 months continuous service, an employee will be entitled to leave of absence without pay during the period commencing on the day of the birth of a child of the employee, or in the case of an adopted child, on the day on which the employee assumes responsibility for the child, and ending 66 weeks thereafter for the purpose of enabling the employee to care for the child.
26.2 Maximum absence: Subject to 26.3 and 26.4, the maximum period of leave of absence which may be granted by virtue of 26.1 is 52 weeks.
26.3 Combined maximum: Where an employee has been granted maternity leave without pay under clause 25 the maximum period of leave which may be granted under 26.1 will be such that the aggregate period of leave granted under clause 25 (not including the period of required absence) and the period of leave granted under 26.1 does not exceed 40 weeks.
26.4 66 weeks: Where an employee whose spouse is also in Commonwealth employment is granted parental leave the maximum period which may be granted to the employee under 26.1 will be such that the sum of the periods of:
26.4.1 parental leave granted to the employee;
26.4.2 parental leave granted to the spouse of the employee; and
26.4.3 leave without pay granted under clause 25 (but not including the period of required absence where this has been granted without pay)
does not exceed 66 weeks.
26.5 Not to count as service: A period of leave granted under 26.1 does not count as service for any purpose.
