AP797062 - Student Union Employees Core Conditions Award 1997
5.2.1 An employee shall be entitled to recreation leave on full pay at the rate of twenty working days for each completed year of service from the date of appointment.
5.2.2 Where a public holiday occurs during the period an employee is absent on recreation leave and such holiday is observed by the Student Union, no deduction shall be made for that day from the recreation leave credits of the employee.
5.2.3 Where an employee with accrued sick leave credits is ill for two or more consecutive working days whilst absent in recreation leave, the employee shall, provided that a certificate from a registered medical practitioner or a statutory declaration by the employee is submitted for the period of illness, be placed on sick leave an no deduction shall be made from recreation leave credits for the days in question.
5.2.4 The time of taking recreation leave shall be by mutual agreement between the employee and the Chief Executive Officer provided that:
(a) the employee shall be entitled to take up to twenty working days recreation leave as a single continuous period.
(b) the employee may be granted recreation leave in advance of the date on which the employee will accrue an entitlement to such leave.
(c) if the employee and the Chief Executive Officer are unable to agree upon the time of taking of leave the matter shall be referred to the Council of the Student Union for resolution.
5.2.5 With the approval of the Chief Executive Officer, an employee may accumulate recreation leave up to a maximum of forty working days.
5.2.6 Where an employee resigns or retires or is dismissed or otherwise terminated from employment the employee shall receive payment in lieu of recreation leave accrued but not taken provided that, in the event of termination of employment due to the employee's death, such payment shall be made to the legal representative of the employee. In all instances payment in lieu shall be for all recreation leave accrued for each completed year of service plus a pro-rata amount for the current year of service calculated on a daily basis.
