AP806816CRV - Hairdressing and Beauty Services - Victoria - Award 2001
10. DISPUTE AVOIDANCE AND SETTLING PROCEDURE LEAVE
10.1 To assist in the resolution of disputes a union representative or other employee representative may be granted up to five days leave with pay each year to attend short course/s by an agreed training provider, which are specifically directed at the development of effective dispute resolution skills for the employee.
10.2 The employee and employer will need to consult and reach mutual agreement about the specific training course and the employee will be required to provide details of the proposed training provider and the proposed course content.
10.3 The granting of leave will be subject to the operational requirements of the employer, however the leave is to be taken in the four weeks before Christmas Day or the five weeks after Christmas Day, in the week before or after Easter, in the week before Father’s Day or Mother’s Day the employer may wish the leave be deferred.
10.4 The maximum number of employees in any one salon able to attend a course in any twelve month period is as follows
10.4.1 If there is less than 100 employees in a salon, 1 employee.
10.4.2 If there is more than 100 employees in a salon, 2 employees.
10.5 Employees granted leave under this clause must upon request from the employer, provide to the employer, satisfactory proof of their attendance at the course and the number of days he or she was in attendance.
10.6 Except in the case of a new salon opening, only employees who have completed six months' continuous service with their current employer are eligible for leave under this clause.
10.7 Each employee on leave under this clause must be paid all ordinary time earnings which he or she would have been paid had they not been absent on the leave. Ordinary time earnings in this context means the classification rate, supplementary payments (if any), over-award payments, casual loadings, penalty rates (excluding overtime payments to weekly employees) and shift loadings.
10.8 If a scheduled rostered day off resulting from a work arrangement under this award falls within a period of leave approved under this clause, the day off is to be transferred to another week.
10.9 Leave granted does not incur any additional payment to the extent that the course attended coincides with any other period of paid leave granted under this award.
10.10 The employer is not required to pay the costs of travel to and from the place where the courses are conducted, nor for any accommodation and associated costs during such leave.
10.11 Leave of absence granted under this clause does count as service for all purposes of the award.
10.12 Employers exempted
Dispute avoidance and settling procedure leave as set out in clause 10.1 does not apply to employers who employ less than fifteen employees.
