Common use of Personal Leave Entitlement Clause in Contracts

Personal Leave Entitlement. a. Full-time and part-time team members are entitled to take personal leave when they are unable to attend work on a day that they are rostered to work, due to a personal illness or injury. b. A full-time team member is entitled to 10 days paid personal leave per year in accordance with the NES plus 1 additional paid day, 11 days per year in total. Part-time team members are entitled to 11 days paid personal leave calculated on a pro-rated basis in accordance with their ordinary hours of work. Casual team members are not entitled to paid personal leave. c. Personal leave accrues progressively. Unused personal leave accumulates from year to year, but is not paid out on termination of employment for any reason. d. When paid personal leave is taken, team members will be paid their base rate of pay for the hours normally rostered to work. Penalty rates are not applied. e. A team member is not entitled to paid personal leave for any period in respect of which they are entitled to workers’ compensation.