Crown Employees (Household Staff - Department of Education and Training) Wages and Conditions Award

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by NSW Department of Education and Communities.

 

(No. IRC 1125 of 2011)

 

 

VARIATION

 

1.        Delete clause 18, Family and Community Service Leave of the award published 14 March 2008 (365 I.G. 54) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

 

18.  Family and Community Service Leave

 

18.1    The Director-General shall grant to a staff member some, or all of their accrued family and community service leave on full pay, for reasons relating to unplanned and emergency family responsibilities or other emergencies as described in subclause 18.2 of this clause. The Director-General may also grant leave for the purposes in subclause18.3 of this clause. Non-emergency appointments or duties shall be scheduled or performed outside of normal working hours or through approved use of flexible working arrangements or other appropriate leave.

 

18.2    Such unplanned and emergency situations may include, but not be limited to, the following:

 

18.2.1 Compassionate grounds - such as the death or illness of a close member of the family or a member of the staff member's household;

 

18.2.2 Emergency accommodation matters up to one day, such as attendance at court as defendant in an eviction action, arranging accommodation, or when required to remove furniture and effects;

 

18.2.3 Emergency or weather conditions; such as when flood, fire, snow or disruption to utility services etc, threatens a staff members property and/or prevents a staff member from reporting for duty;

 

18.2.4 Attending to unplanned or unforeseen family responsibilities, such as attending child's school for an emergency reason or emergency cancellations by child care providers;

 

18.2.5 Attendance at court by a staff member to answer a charge for a criminal offence, only if the Director-General considers the granting of family and community service leave to be appropriate in a particular case.

 

18.3    Family and community service leave may also be granted for:

 

18.3.1 An absence during normal working hours to attend meetings, conferences or to perform other duties, for staff members holding office in Local Government, and whose duties necessitate absence during normal working hours for these purposes, provided that the staff member does not hold a position of Mayor of a Municipal Council, President of a Shire Council or Chairperson of a County Council; and

 

18.3.2 Attendance as a competitor in major amateur sport (other than Olympic or Commonwealth Games) for staff members who are selected to represent Australia or the State.

 

18.4    The definition of "family" or "relative" in this clause is the same as that provided in clause 20.1.3 of clause 20, Personal/Carer’s Leave of this award.

 

18.5    Family and community service leave shall accrue as follows:

 

18.5.1 two and a half days in the staff members first year of service;

 

18.5.2 two and a half days in the staff members second year of service; and

 

18.5.3 one day per year thereafter.

 

18.6    If available family and community service leave is exhausted as a result of natural disasters, the Director-General shall consider applications for additional family and community service leave, if some other emergency arises.

 

18.7    In cases of illness of a family member for whose care and support the staff member is responsible, paid sick leave in accordance with clause 20, Personal/Carer’s Leave of this award shall be granted when paid family and community service leave has been exhausted or is unavailable.

 

18.8    A Director-General may also grant staff members other forms of leave such as accrued recreation leave, time off in lieu, and so on for family and community service leave purposes.

 

2.        This variation shall take effect from 29 June 2011.

 

 

 

 

C.G. STAFF J

 

 

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