Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

LONG SERVICE LEAVE (STATE EMPLOYEES) ACT 1994 - SECT 13

      (1) Any period of long service leave to which an employee is entitled to be credited is in addition to any –

(a) recreation leave or sick leave to which the employee is entitled under any Act or industrial award; and

(b) prescribed holidays.

      (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to an employee who –

(a) receives extra pay to cover prescribed holidays; or

(b) does shift work and receives additional recreation days in place of prescribed holidays.

      (3) If an employee is sick for a period of 3 or more days while on long service leave, that period is to be credited to the period of long service leave if –

(a) the employee is entitled to be paid for that period of sickness as though the employee were at work; and

(b) a medical certificate from a legally-qualified medical practitioner is provided relating to that sickness.

      (4) An employee who is employed outside the State is to be treated as if the employee is employed in Hobart.