without pay, including normal employment leave entitlements, such as annual leave and sick leave. Parental You may take up to 52 weeks parental leave, in accordance with the 4.27. Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 and remain on the Scheme. Time spent on parental leave does not accrue towards your bonding 4.28. period and must be made up. The bonding period will automatically restart as soon as you return to work in a community and/or hard-to-staff specialty listed in clause 4.8 and 4.11. Time spent on parental leave is separate to the break and pause 4.29. provisions (clauses 4.24 to 4.26). Working as a Medical Locum If you undertake substantive or continuous locum work you will not be 4.30. eligible for payment from the Scheme. The Ministry defines locum work as being a period of six 4.31. “substantive” weeks or more, but does not include: undertaking additional duties for your employer undertaking locum work as a necessary part of a medical vocational training programme for a hard-to-staff specialty. For the purposes of the Scheme, a locum is considered to be someone 4.32. who provides the services in the stead of another practitioner registered within the same scope of practice during normal working hours. When you apply for payments from the Scheme, you will be asked to 4.33. confirm that you have not engaged in locum work. “substantive” Exceptions If there is a change in your circumstances that results in an inability to 4.34. continue to meet the 2015 Terms and Conditions, you may request an exemption for a specified period. 5. Payment You are responsible for initiating the first claim for payment after three 5.1. full years (36 months) have been completed on the Scheme. If you stay on the Scheme for a fourth and year, you are 5.2. responsible for initiating the second and third claims for payment. You must apply for payment within nine months of becoming eligible to 5.3. apply.
without pay, including normal employment leave entitlements, such as annual leave and sick leave. Parental 4.27. You may take up to 52 weeks parental leave, in accordance with the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 and remain on the Scheme. 4.28. Time spent on parental leave does not accrue towards your bonding period and must be made up. The bonding period will automatically restart as soon as you return to work in a community and/or hard-to-staff specialty listed in clause 4.8 and 4.11. 4.29. Time spent on parental leave is separate to the break and pause provisions (clauses 4.24 to 4.26). Working as a Medical Locum 4.30. If you undertake substantive or continuous locum work you will not be eligible for payment from the Scheme. 4.31. The Ministry defines “substantive” locum work as being a period of six weeks or more, but does not include: undertaking additional duties for your employer undertaking locum work as a necessary part of a medical vocational training programme for a hard-to-staff specialty. 4.32. For the purposes of the Scheme, a locum is considered to be someone who provides the services in the stead of another practitioner registered within the same scope of practice during normal working hours. 4.33. When you apply for payments from the Scheme, you will be asked to confirm that you have not engaged in “substantive” locum work. Exceptions 4.34. If there is a change in your circumstances that results in an inability to continue to meet the 2015 Terms and Conditions, you may request an exemption for a specified period. 5. Payment 5.1. You are responsible for initiating the first claim for payment after three full years (36 months) have been completed on the Scheme. 5.2. If you stay on the Scheme for a fourth and year, you are responsible for initiating the second and third claims for payment. 5.3. You must apply for payment within nine months of becoming eligible to apply.
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