(1) Subject to this
regulation, a prescribed employee is entitled to non-attendance days as
follows:
(a) such
non-attendance days as are specified in an applicable industrial award or
agreement; but
(b) if a
determination by the board in relation to non-attendance day entitlements is
at any time in force—such non-attendance days as are specified in that
determination.
(2) The entitlement of
a prescribed employee to non-attendance days is subject to any conditions that
the board may from time to time determine and specify in non-attendance day
determinations.
(3) A determination
referred to in subregulation (1)(b) or (2)—
(a) may
relate to prescribed employees of a specified class; and
(b)
cannot provide for non-attendance day entitlements that are less than those
that would, but for that determination, apply under an applicable industrial
award or agreement.
(4) A part-time
prescribed employee is entitled to pro rata non-attendance days in respect of
his or her hours of duty.
(5) Non-attendance
days accrue on an annual basis in respect of completed years of service, but
if a prescribed employee resigns or retires before the end of a given year of
service, the employee is in respect of that year entitled to payment of
non-attendance day entitlements on a pro rata basis.
(6) The chief
executive may require a prescribed employee to take non-attendance days at
specified times and if a prescribed employee who has not completed a year of
service is so required, non-attendance days will be granted on a pro rata
basis.
(7) Non-attendance
days must be taken within 1 year of accrual.