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.