Paid Leave Entitlements An employee who has completed twelve months’ paid continuous service to the commencement of parental absence is entitled to one or more forms of paid leave as part of a parental absence. Leave without pay does not count as service, but does not break the employee's continuity of employment. An employee will not have an entitlement to further paid maternity, paternity/partner or other paid parental leave unless he/she has resumed duty from parental absence prior to the commencement of the leave. An employee must have twelve months' continuous paid service between periods of paid maternity, paternity/partner or other paid parental leave where he/she did not previously satisfy this requirement and thus had no entitlement to paid leave. An employee may take the paid leave provisions below at half pay for a period equal to twice the period to which the employee would otherwise be entitled. Maternity leave An application for maternity must include a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner that states that the employee is pregnant and the expected date of birth. Where an employee continues to work within a six week period immediately prior to the expected date of birth of the child or is on paid leave under the no safe job provisions, the employee will be required to provide a medical certificate stating that she is fit to work her normal duties. The delegate may require the employee to start maternity leave if the employee: does not provide the requested certificate within days after the request; or within seven days after the request for the certificate, gives the delegate a medical certificate stating that she is unfit to work. The period of maternity leave will commence no later than the actual date of birth of the child. An employee who meets the qualifying service requirement is eligible for fourteen weeks’ paid maternity leave in relation to the birth of their child. While on paid maternity leave, an employee will be paid at the time fraction that she was working immediately before commencing maternity leave. Where approval is given for an employee to reduce the time fraction she works to better cope during pregnancy she will be paid during the paid maternity leave at the time fraction she was working prior to that arrangement. Paternity/Partner An employee who meets the qualifying service requirement has an entitlement to paternity/partner leave with pay for up to 38 hours in aggregate (five days in respect of a employee) for a School or Maternal and Child Health Nurse employee.
Paid Leave Entitlements An employee who has completed twelve months’ paid continuous service to the commencement of parental absence is entitled to one or more forms of paid leave as part of a parental absence. Leave without pay does not count as service, but does not break the employee's continuity of employment. An employee will not have an entitlement to further paid maternity, paternity/partner or other paid parental leave unless he/she has resumed duty from parental absence prior to the commencement of the leave. An employee must have twelve months' continuous paid service between periods of paid maternity, paternity/partner or other paid parental leave where he/she did not previously satisfy this requirement and thus had no entitlement to paid leave. An employee may take the paid leave provisions below at half pay for a period equal to twice the period to which the employee would otherwise be entitled. Maternity leave An application for maternity must include a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner that states that the employee is pregnant and the expected date of birth. Where an employee continues to work within a six week period immediately prior to the expected date of birth of the child or is on paid leave under the no safe job provisions, the employee will be required to provide a medical certificate stating that she is fit to work her normal duties. The delegate may require the employee to start maternity leave if the employee: does not provide the requested certificate within days after the request; or within seven days after the request for the certificate, gives the delegate a medical certificate stating that she is unfit to work. The period of maternity leave will commence no later than the actual date of birth of the child. An employee who meets the qualifying service requirement is eligible for fourteen weeks’ paid maternity leave in relation to the birth of their child. While on paid maternity leave, an employee will be paid at the time fraction that she was working immediately before commencing maternity leave. Where approval is given for an employee to reduce the time fraction she works to better cope during pregnancy she will be paid during the paid maternity leave at the time fraction she was working prior to that arrangement. Paternity/Partner An employee who meets the qualifying service requirement has an entitlement to paternity/partner leave with pay for up to 38 hours in aggregate (five days in respect of a employee) for a School or Maternal and Child Health Nurse employee.