TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ACT 1975 - SECT 20
TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ACT 1975 - SECT 20
20—Taking of long service leave
(1) Subject to this
section, an officer who has completed at least 10 years' effective service is
entitled to take long service leave.
(2) The
Chief Executive Officer may permit an officer who has completed at least seven
years' effective service to take long service leave.
(3) Long service leave
may only be taken in respect of completed years of effective service.
(4) Long service leave
may only be taken at times and for periods that are, in the opinion of the
Chief Executive Officer, convenient to the Department.
(5) Subject to this
section, the salary to which an officer is entitled during long service leave
is—
(a)
where the effective service of an officer consists of full-time
service—the salary applicable to the officer's substantive
classification level during that leave (excluding any additional salary
attributable to a higher classification level temporarily assigned to the
officer);
(b)
where the effective service of an officer consists in whole or in part of
part-time service—a salary determined by the Chief Executive Officer.
(6) An officer may
elect to take long service leave on half salary and, in that event, may take
two days' leave for each whole day of the officer's entitlement.
(7) Where the
effective service of an officer consists in whole or in part of part-time
service, the officer may elect to take long service leave on the salary
applicable to full-time service and, in that event, the period of the long
service leave will be reduced accordingly.
(8) The
Chief Executive Officer may authorise payment to an officer on long service
leave of such additional salary or allowances as the Chief Executive Officer
considers appropriate.