AT809686 - Analabs Consent Award 2001 [Transitional]
PART 6 - LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
25. ANNUAL LEAVE
25.1.1 An employee other than a casual shall be allowed four weeks annual leave at the ordinary rate of pay after twelve months employment and each twelve months thereafter.
25.1.2 An employee, other than a casual, who is employed as a continuous shift worker shall be allowed five weeks annual leave at the ordinary rate of pay.
25.1.3 An employee shall accrue annual leave at a rate proportionate to the number of weekly ordinary hours worked, for every week worked.
25.1.4 An employee, other than a casual, who is employed as a continuous shift worker for less than twelve months, shall accumulate proportionately the fifth week entitlement to annual leave.
25.1.5 Annual leave paid will attract a loading of 17.5% of the ordinary rate of pay.
Provided that a shift employee whose roster would otherwise attract the payment of a 30% shift loading shall receive the shift loading in lieu of the annual leave loading.
25.2 When offices and/or laboratories are closed down during the Christmas - New Year period the working days in that period shall be considered annual leave. One weeks notice of such a close down shall be provided.
[25.3 substituted by PR968933 ppc 01Feb06]
25.3 Annual leave must be approved by the employer before it is taken. Annual leave may be taken in one or more periods, including single day periods or part of a single day up to a maximum of 10 single days, by agreement between the employer and the employee concerned.
[25.4 substituted by PR968933 ppc 01Feb06]
25.4 A maximum of 30 days annual leave may be accrued without approval of the Employer. Provided that at the request of the employee annual leave may be carried forward for a maximum period of two years from the date of entitlement.
25.5 The Employer may direct an employee to take annual leave subject to the employee being given seven days notice.
25.6 Upon termination an employee shall be paid in addition to all other amounts due, any accrued and untaken annual leave. Leave loading will be paid on termination of employment where an employee’s untaken leave at the date of termination is greater than four weeks. The amount of loading to be paid will be that corresponding to whole multiples of four weeks. For example, employees with more than four but less than eight weeks untaken leave would be due four weeks loading, employees with more than eight but less than twelve weeks untaken leave would be due eight weeks loading.
25.7 Annual leave is exclusive of the public holidays prescribed in clause 26 and if any such holiday falls within an employee’s period of annual leave and is observed on a day which the employee would ordinarily work, the period of annual leave shall be extended by the equivalent period.
25.8 An employee may elect to be paid annual leave:
25.8.1 as per the usual pay period arrangement; or
25.8.2 as a lump sum in the pay period preceding the taking of the leave.
25.9 In calculating the period of service for annual leave entitlement, paid long service leave shall be deemed to be included as service.
