AT801922 - Victorian Catholic Schools and Catholic Education Offices Award 1998 [Transitional]
22.1 For the purposes of this award, service shall be deemed to be continuous notwithstanding:
22.1.1 school holidays, annual leave or long service leave;
22.1.2 sick leave or an absence covered by the provisions of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Victoria) or Transport Accident Act 1986 (Victoria) where such absence is supported by a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner or other evidence satisfactory to the Principal/employer;
22.1.3 any other form of leave granted by the employer;
22.1.4 any absence with reasonable cause, supported by evidence satisfactory to the Principal/employer;
22.1.5 any interruption or termination of the employment by the employer if such interruption or termination is made with the deliberate intention of avoiding the obligations imposed by this award;
22.1.6 any interruption to the employment arising directly or indirectly from an industrial dispute;
22.1.7 any period between employers up to a maximum of fifteen consecutive working days in any one school year.
22.1.8 All other absences from service shall break continuity of service.
22.2 In calculating a year of service the following shall be included:
22.2.1 school holidays, annual leave or long service leave;
22.2.2 personal leave to the extent of personal leave credits;
22.2.3 absences covered by the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (Victoria) to the extent of Accident make up pay;
22.2.4 absences covered by the Transport Accident Act 1986 (Victoria) to a maximum of six months;
22.2.5 leave granted with pay;
22.2.6 leave without pay up to a maximum of fifteen days in any one year;
22.2.7 any period between employers up to a maximum of fifteen consecutive working days in any one school year.
22.2.8 All other absences shall be excluded.
