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Part 6 – LEAVE 6.1
Long service leave
(1)
All employees covered by this agreement shall accrue long service leave on full pay at the rate of (thirteen) 13 weeks leave for (ten) 10 years of full time continuous service. The taking and approval of such leave shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Brisbane Catholic Education Leave Handbook. The employing authority shall make available for all Administration and Education Officers the second and subsequent accrual of long service leave after five (5) years of continuous service.
(2)
From 1 January 2004, service for Long Service Leave accruals with Queensland Catholic education employing authorities shall be portable provided that (a)
all service with the employee’s employer on and after 1 January 2004, shall be portable, and
(b)
all service for the purposes of Long Service Leave accruals, with any Catholic education employing authority in Queensland after 1 January 1994, shall be portable, and
(c)
there must be continuity of service between Catholic education employing authorities.
6.2
Sick leave
(1)
Accrual of sick leave (a)
Full time employees are entitled to sick leave accrual at the rate of ten (10) days per year. Such accrual will operate from and include the first pay period after the commencement of the 2001 school year. Sick leave is accumulated at one (1) day for every 5.2 weeks worked. Part-time employees are entitled to sick leave on a pro rata basis. An employee engaged on a casual basis does not accrue and is not entitled to paid sick leave.
(b)
(2)
The employing authority shall provide access to accrued sick leave entitlements beyond 13 weeks in any one year.
Use of sick leave.
An employee who is absent from work due to illness shall be entitled to payment in full for all time absent from work in accordance with this clause:
(3)
(a)
If the absence due to illness exceeds two (2) days, the employee shall be required to produce a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner specifying the nature of the illness and the period or approximate period during which the employee will be unable to work, or other evidence of illness to the satisfaction of the employing authority.
(b)
The employee shall promptly notify the employing authority of the illness and of the approximate period during which the employee will be unable to work.
Continuity of employment (a)
The continuity of employment of an employee with the employing authority for sick leave accumulation purposes shall be deemed to be not broken by any of the following: (i)
absence from work on leave granted by the employing authority;
(ii)
the employee having been stood down by the employing authority, or the employment having been terminated by either the employing authority or the employee, for any period not exceeding three months. Provided that the employee shall have been re-employed by that employing authority.