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First created 31 January 2022
Last reviewed 2 February 2022
Review cycle Annually
Approver Senior Leadership Team
Owner HR Officer
Stakeholders Staff

Overview #

The current Collective Workplace Agreements for both Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff set out seven separate categories of leave that staff may access as a benefit of employment. The purpose of this policy is to summarise these and adds an eighth category to address a requirement for personal leave that may be required in the context of COVID-19.

Attachments and References #

  1. ACE Collective Agreement for Teaching Staff 2019-2022
  2. ACE Non-Teaching Staff Collective Agreement 2019-2022
  3. Staff Application for Leave Form

Definitions #

A health order is defined as any directive issued by the Department of Health WA.

Policy Statements #

  1. The Collective Workplace Agreements for Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff 2019-2022 provide the following leave benefits:
    1. Annual Leave – four weeks, with leave loading;
    2. Personal Illness/Carer’s Leave – 12.5 days per annum;
    3. Compassionate Leave – 2 days per accepted occasion;
    4. Community Service Leave – unpaid, per occasion;
    5. Jury Service Leave – paid, as required and with approval;
    6. Parental Leave – Paid Parental Leave Scheme plus ACE maternity allowance – 12 weeks; and 
    7. Long Service Leave – 10.4 weeks in the first 8-year service cycle, followed by 14.8 weeks in subsequent cycles.
  2. The Agreements further provide that part-time staff accrue personal illness/carer’s leave, long service leave, and annual leave on a pro-rata basis in the proportion that the part time hours of work bear to the hours of a full-time staff member.
  3. Although not provided in the current Collective Workplace Agreements, with effect from 1 January 2022, an additional category of leave, termed ‘paid COVID-19 leave’ is added to the Association’s leave types. This entitlement is awarded at a maximum of ten days per annum, or pro-rata for part-time staff. This class of leave is not a cumulative entitlement. Any portion not used by 31 December is excised on that date. Paid COVID-19 leave may be accessed in order to:
    1. care for an immediate family member in the same household who is diagnosed with COVID-19;
    2. attend appointments for testing for, and immunisation against, COVID-19;
    3. isolate owing to personal or household exposure to COVID-19, if directed by the Department of Health to do so.
  4. Staff facing the above circumstances who have fully utilised the annual entitlement to paid COVID-19 leave may apply for consideration to extend the period of COVID-19 leave. Any decision to provide COVID-19 leave more than ten days in a single calendar year will be taken on a case-by-cases basis.
  5. Staff who contract COVID-19 and receive a formal diagnosis to that effect are required to access paid personal illness leave in the first instance. If paid personal illness leave entitlements are exhausted, staff may apply to the Principal for an extension of paid personal illness leave.

Procedures #

  1. All leave types are applied for using the Application for Leave form via the staff intranet located in Rehoboth Alpha. Forms are directed for authorisation to the Principal or Line Manager.
  2. Staff accessing either personal illness/carer’s leave or COVID-19 leave are required to provide evidence of the requirement in an acceptable format. Non-COVID related leave evidence requirements are as stated in the Collective Workplace Agreements (links above). COVID-19 leave applications are to be accompanied by a notification to isolate, test result or similar, issued by the Department of Health.