AP822941 - Health Employees (Dental Health Services) Award 2003
18.1 Entitlement
A full time employee is entitled to a period of four weeks consecutive annual leave for each twelve months of completed continuous service.
18.2 Payment for annual leave
18.2.1 Before starting any period of annual leave the employee will be paid for that period of leave at the rate of wage the employee would have received if they had not proceeded on leave.
18.2.2 Where an employee has performed higher duties for the greater period of the calendar month immediately preceding the leave, the higher rate of wage will be deemed the rate of wage the employee would have received had they not proceeded on leave.
18.2.3 In addition to the rates prescribed in this subclause, the employee will be paid a loading of 17.5% in addition to the rate of wage prescribed in clause 13 of this award.
18.2.4 Leave loading will not apply to pro rata annual leave on termination.
18.3 Leave in advance
An employee may, with the employer’s agreement, be allowed to take the annual leave entitlement before it has accrued.
18.4 Taking annual leave in separate portions
18.4.1 Annual leave may be taken in two portions if requested by the employee, on the condition that no portion will be less than two consecutive weeks.
18.4.2 By agreement between the employer and employee, annual leave may be further split on one additional occasion on the condition that no portion shall be less than one week.
18.4.3 When an employee requests that their annual leave be split into two or three portions the employer will make every reasonable effort to accommodate the employee’s request.
18.5 Absences affecting the accrual of annual leave
18.5.1 Employees continue to accrue annual leave while on:
18.5.1.1 annual leave
18.5.1.2 long service leave
18.5.1.3 observing a public holiday prescribed by this award
18.5.1.4 on the first three months of paid/unpaid sick leave
18.5.1.5 on the first six months of absence due to Worker’s Compensation.
18.6 Annual leave payout or recovery on termination
18.6.1 If after one months continuous service in any twelve month qualifying period an employee leaves employment, or employment is terminated by the employer through no fault of the employee, the employee will be paid 2.88 hours at the ordinary rate of wage for each week of completed service.
18.6.2 If at termination an employee has taken more leave than has been accrued, the employee will pay back that leave. The employer may deduct any monies owing from the final pay.
18.7 Annual leave not applicable to casuals
The provisions of this clause shall not apply to casuals.
