WORKING FOUR OUT OF FIVE YEARS. An employee may seek approval to work 4 years at 80% normal salary and take the 5th year as paid leave. For the purpose of this Clause, a year is calculated on one (1) year (365 days) from the approval date, not the employee’s anniversary or commencement date with Council. An employee must submit a written request in order to apply for this arrangement. Such arrangements are subject to the approval of the Director. Where an employee takes the 5th year paid leave under this arrangement, the period of leave shall not constitute a break in service and the employee will not accrue any form of leave entitlement during this time. The 5th year must be taken at the end of the 4 years’ service, unless otherwise agreed by the Director and employee. Where an employee takes the 5th year paid leave under this arrangement before completing the 4 year period a lump sum payment for salary forgone will be made. Working four out of five years is available only when an employee has cleared any accrual of annual leave which is greater than 152 hours. Increases to wage rates arising under this Agreement during the employee’s absence on leave during the 5th year shall be applied to the employee’s classification wage rate as it applied at the end of the 4th year. Employees will return to work at the rate of pay that they were classified at the end of the 4th year of the arrangement. Where an employee elects to resign during the 5th year or elects to withdraw from the initiative at any point in time, all monies paid under this arrangement will be reimbursed to the employee in full less any deduction in respect of taxation in accordance with the law.
