Common use of Professional/Educational Development Clause in Contracts

Professional/Educational Development. The employer and employee are committed to staff education and development. Employees will be actively encouraged to attend educational courses relevant to their professional/educational development and of benefit to the employer. All employees will have a current professional development plan in place, and it will be mutually agreed by the employer and the employee. 10.1 The employer shall grant professional/educational development leave of up to 40 hours per calendar year for full time employees (pro-rated to no less than 8 hours per calendar year for part time employees). This leave is to enable employees to prepare a portfolio, complete qualifications, and to attend training relevant to their professional/educational development and relevant to the employer. Prior approval of the employer must be obtained. The approval of the employer shall not be unreasonably withheld. 10.2 All of the employee’s normal working hours absent from the practice for professional/educational development including travel time will be a claim against 10.3 Paid meetings to meet organisational and service requirements not otherwise addressed in this clause (including staff meetings and in-service training) shall be granted in addition to the above provisions. 10.4 Professional/educational development leave will be granted at T1 rate and shall not accumulate from one year to the next. 10.5 Where an employer requires an employee to attend professional/educational development, whether the employee is scheduled to work or not for the time of the leave, the employee shall be granted paid leave as per sub clauses 10.1, 10.3 and 10.6.

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Sources: Collective Agreement

Professional/Educational Development. 11.1 The employer and employee are committed to staff education and development. Employees will be actively encouraged to attend educational courses relevant to their professional/educational development and of benefit to the employer. All Where required, employees will have a current professional development plan in place, place and it will be mutually agreed by the employer and the employee. 10.1 11.2 The employer shall grant professional/educational development leave of up to 40 hours per calendar year year, to be agreed with the employer, for full time employees (pro-rated to no less than 8 hours per calendar year for part time employees). This leave is to enable employees to prepare a portfolio, complete qualifications, and to attend training relevant to their professional/educational development and relevant to the employer. Prior approval of the employer must be obtained. The approval of the employer shall not be unreasonably withheld. 10.2 11.3 All of the employee’s normal working hours absent from the practice their normal place of employment for professional/educational development including travel time will be a claim againstagainst the hours as specified in clause 11.2. 10.3 11.4 Paid meetings to meet organisational and service requirements, and those HPCA requirements not otherwise addressed in this clause (including staff meetings and in-in- service training) shall be granted in addition to the above provisions. 10.4 11.5 Professional/educational development leave will be granted at T1 rate and shall not accumulate from one year to the next. 10.5 11.6 Where an employer requires an employee to attend professional/educational development, whether the employee is scheduled to work or not for the time of the leave, the employee shall be granted paid leave as per sub clauses 10.1, 10.3 and 10.6at their ordinary rate.

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Sources: Collective Agreement

Professional/Educational Development. The employer and employee are committed to staff education and development. Employees will be actively encouraged to attend educational courses relevant to their professional/educational development and of benefit to the employer. All employees will have a current professional development plan in place, place and it will be mutually agreed by the employer and the employee. 10.1 The employer shall grant professional/educational development leave of up to 40 hours per calendar year for full time employees (pro-rated to no less than 8 hours per calendar year for part time employees). This leave is to enable employees to prepare a portfolio, complete qualifications, and to attend training relevant to their professional/educational development and relevant to the employer. Prior approval of the employer must be obtained. The approval of the employer shall not be unreasonably withheld. 10.2 All of the employee’s normal working hours absent from the practice for professional/educational development including travel time will be a claim againstagainst the hours as specified in subclause 10.1. 10.3 Paid meetings to meet organisational and service requirements not otherwise addressed in this clause (including staff meetings and in-service training) shall be granted in addition to the above provisions. 10.4 Professional/educational development leave will be granted at T1 rate and shall not accumulate from one year to the next. 10.5 Where an employer requires an employee to attend professional/educational development, whether the employee is scheduled to work or not for the time of the leave, the employee shall be granted paid leave as per sub clauses 10.1, 10.3 and 10.6.

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Sources: Collective Agreement