AP798297 - South Australian Government Departments and Instrumentalities (Metal Trades) Award 1999
PART 7 - TYPES OF LEAVE AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
29. ANNUAL LEAVE
29.1 Period of leave
[29.1.1 varied by S0596 from 29Oct99]
29.1.1 A full time employee under this award is entitled to a period of 28 consecutive days leave, including non-working days, (ie. four weeks) after each twelve months service (less the period of annual leave).
29.1.2 For administrative ease the entitlements in 29.1.1 or 29.2 are converted to an hourly entitlement (i.e. 152 hours or 190 hours respectively for a full time employee).
29.2 Additional leave for seven day shift workers
29.2.1 In addition to leave provided for in 29.1, seven day shift workers, that is shift workers who are rostered to work regularly on Sundays and holidays, will be allowed seven consecutive days leave including non-working days.
29.2.2 Where an employee with twelve months continuous service is engaged for part of the twelve monthly period as a seven day shift worker, that employee is entitled to have the period of leave prescribed in 29.1 increased by half a day for each month the employee is continuously engaged as a seven day shift worker.
29.3 Loading on annual leave
29.3.1 During a period of annual leave an employee will receive a loading calculated on the ordinary base rate of pay. The loading will be as follows:
29.3.1(a) Day workers - employees who would have worked on day work only had they not been on leave - a loading of 17.5 percent.
29.3.1(b) Shift workers - employees who would have worked on shift work had they not been on leave - a loading of twenty percent or the weekend and shift penalties the employee would have received had the employee worked and not been on leave during the relevant period, whichever is the greater.
29.3.1(c) The loading prescribed by this subclause on termination will only apply to completed months of pro rata annual leave accruals.
29.4 Other annual leave provisions
All other provisions relating to annual leave are as contained in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s Conditions of Employment Manual for Weekly Paid Employees (Volume 5). Any changes to these provisions will be by agreement between the parties excepting where it involves legislative changes or Government direction.
[29.5 inserted by PR970411 from 24Mar06]
29.5 To assist employees in balancing their work and family responsibilities, an employee may elect with the consent of the employer to:
