[Busmanagers] Sick leave during school holidays

[Towers, Chris G]

Joy

 

This area often confuses, and possibly it is confusing me too at the moment.  The policy wording (copied below) probably contributes.  The second paragraph makes it sound like the holidays would be sick leave, but the second dot point of the third paragraph says they receive pay if they have been on duty for at least 4 weeks.  I’ll confirm this with a current expert and post an update tomorrow.

 

School vacations

A member of the teaching service who is absent due to illness immediately before and after the Christmas vacation, shall be paid for the public holidays and one additional week, provided that he/she was on duty for four weeks of the preceding school term. Members of the teaching service will need to apply for personal leave (illness or injury) to cover the remaining Christmas vacation period.

 

A member of the teaching service who is absent due to illness immediately before and after a vacation period, other than the Christmas vacation, will need to apply for personal leave (illness or injury) to cover the vacation period.

 

A member of the teaching service who is absent on account of illness immediately before a school vacation, is entitled to receive pay for that vacation period if he/she:

*	returns immediately after the vacation, or
*	has been on duty for at least four weeks in the preceding term, or
*	resigns on the first school day following the vacation, or
*	is granted some form of leave other than personal leave, from the first school day following the vacation.

 

In any other case the member of the teaching service will need to apply for personal leave (illness or injury) to cover the vacation period.

 

 

Chris Towers 
Assistant Manager, Communication & Support 
Corporate Systems 
Corporate Services Division 
Department of Education and Training (Victoria) 
___________________________________________________________________ 
*Address: Third Floor, 2 Treasury Place, East Melbourne 3002  
*  Phone: + 61 3 9637 3648       *    Fax:     + 613 9637 2636               * Email:  towers.chris.g at edumail.vic.gov.au <mailto:towers.chris.g at edumail.vic.gov.au> 

 

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From: busmanagers-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:busmanagers-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of MYERSCOUGH, Joy
Sent: Monday, 29 May 2006 2:53 PM
To: Business Managers' Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Busmanagers] Sick leave during school holidays

 

Yes, the holidays are counted as sick leave.  Obviously they will have a certificate, and one would assume the dates would be continuous.  

 

If they were, to return after the holidays, and had been on duty at least 4 weeks in the preceding term then they would be entitled to vacation leave.

 

 

Joy Myerscough  ☺

HRMS Personnel

Kew High School

1393 Burke Road, Kew East   3102

 

9859.8652 : phone

9819.7880 : fax

kew at kew.vic.edu.au

myerscough.joy.d at edumail.vic.gov.au

 

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From: busmanagers-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:busmanagers-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Coutts, Jan J
Sent: Monday, 29 May 2006 2:34 PM
To: Business Managers' Mailing List
Subject: [Busmanagers] Sick leave during school holidays

 

If a teacher is on sick leave two weeks before and four weeks after holidays – are the holidays counted as sick leave?

Jan Coutts

Bulleen Heights School

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