6.9.3 Where the base salary, excluding allowances, received by the employee from the Australian Defence Force in respect of Defence Reserve service during his or her ordinary hours of work is below the employee’s substantive salary, the employee will, unless exceptional circumstances arise, be paid such amount to bring the employee’s total emolument up to the employee’s substantive salary for the period of Defence Reserve service. Division 10 Parental Absence – 6.10.1 An employee is entitled to be absent from duty for up to a total of seven years following, or in conjunction, with the birth of one or more children or becoming the legal parent of one or more children in the circumstances set out in clause 6.12.1 comprising one or more of the following forms of leave: (1) Maternity leave (2) Other paid parental leave (3) Partner Leave (4) Long service leave (5) Paid accrued by education support class employees under clauses 6.1.1(1)(a) or (b) (6) Family leave without pay being that portion of a parental absence not covered by paid leave 6.10.2 Any period of long service leave granted during a parental absence will extend the maximum period of parental absence available under clause 6.10.1. 6.10.3 Subject to clause 6.10.4, a parental absence may commence at any time an employee submits satisfactory medical evidence that she is pregnant or, in any other case, at any time after the birth, adoption or otherwise becoming the legal parent of the child of the child. 6.10.4 Unless otherwise approved by the council, an employee who is pregnant is required to absent herself from duty for the period: (1) six weeks before the expected date of birth until six weeks after the actual date of birth; or (2) six weeks from the actual date of birth where this occurs before the expected date of birth. 6.10.5 An employee is permitted to attend for duty during any part of the period stated in clause 6.10.4 provided that:
6.9.3 Where the base salary, excluding allowances, received by the employee from the Australian Defence Force in respect of Defence Reserve service during his or her ordinary hours of work is below the employee’s substantive salary, the employee will, unless exceptional circumstances arise, be paid such amount to bring the employee’s total emolument up to the employee’s substantive salary for the period of Defence Reserve service. Division 10 – Parental Absence 6.10.1 An employee is entitled to be absent from duty for up to a total of seven years following, or in conjunction, with the birth of one or more children or becoming the legal parent of one or more children in the circumstances set out in clause 6.12.1 comprising one or more of the following forms of leave: (1) Maternity leave (2) Other paid parental leave (3) Partner Leave (4) Long service leave (5) Paid accrued by education support class employees under clauses 6.1.1(1)(a) or (b) (6) Family leave without pay being that portion of a parental absence not covered by paid leave 6.10.2 Any period of long service leave granted during a parental absence will extend the maximum period of parental absence available under clause 6.10.1. 6.10.3 Subject to clause 6.10.4, a parental absence may commence at any time an employee submits satisfactory medical evidence that she is pregnant or, in any other case, at any time after the birth, adoption or otherwise becoming the legal parent of the child of the child. 6.10.4 Unless otherwise approved by the council, an employee who is pregnant is required to absent herself from duty for the period: (1) six weeks before the expected date of birth until six weeks after the actual date of birth; or (2) six weeks from the actual date of birth where this occurs before the expected date of birth. 6.10.5 An employee is permitted to attend for duty during any part of the period stated in clause 6.10.4 provided that:
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