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PART 2 – GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

 


 

23.    SERVICE CONTINUITY

23.1    For the purposes of this Agreement, service shall be deemed to be continuous notwithstanding:

23.1.1    school holidays, annual leave or long service leave;

23.1.2    sick leave or an absence covered by the provisions of the AC Act or the Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) where such absence is supported by a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner or other evidence satisfactory to the Principal/Employer;

23.1.3    any other form of leave granted by the Employer;

23.1.4    any absence with reasonable cause, supported by evidence satisfactory to the Principal/Employer;

23.1.5    any interruption or termination of the employment by the Employer if such interruption or termination is made with the deliberate intention of avoiding the obligations imposed by this Agreement;

23.1.6    any interruption to the employment arising directly or indirectly from an industrial dispute;

23.1.7    any period between Employers up to a maximum of fifteen consecutive working days in any one school year.

23.1.8    All other absences from service shall break continuity of service.

23.2    In calculating a year of service the following shall be included:

23.2.1    school holidays, annual leave or long service leave;

23.2.2    personal leave to the extent of personal leave credits;

23.2.3    absences covered by the AC Act to the extent of accident make up pay;

23.2.4    absences covered by the Transport Accident Act 1986 (Victoria) to a maximum of six months;

23.2.5    leave granted with pay;

23.2.6    leave without pay up to a maximum of fifteen days in any one year;

23.2.7    any period between Employers up to a maximum of fifteen consecutive working days in any one school year;

23.2.8    All other absences shall be excluded.


 

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