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FIRE RESCUE VICTORIA ACT 1958 - SECT 81

Entitlement to long service leave

S. 81(1) amended by Nos 7154 s. 2(a)(i)(ii), 8019 s. 9(b), 8760 s. 2(a)(i)(ii), 2/1995 s. 22(a), 24/1997
s. 57(1), 20/2019 s. 134.

    (1)     Every employee of Fire Rescue Victoria who has had ten years service shall be entitled to be granted by Fire Rescue Victoria three months long service leave with pay in respect of that period of ten years service and one and a half months long service leave with pay in respect of each additional period of five completed years of service.

S. 81(2) amended by Nos 7154 s. 2(b)(i)–(iii), 8760 s. 2(b)
(i)–(iv), 2/1995 s. 22(a), 24/1997
s. 57(1), 20/2019 s. 134.

    (2)     Where—

S. 81(2)(a) amended by Nos 2/1995 s. 22(a), 24/1997
s. 57(1), 20/2019 s. 134.

        (a)     the employment with Fire Rescue Victoria of any employee ceases on account of—

              (i)     age; or

S. 81(2)(a)(ii) amended by Nos 8760 s. 2(c)(ii), 20/2019 s. 134.

              (ii)     ill health as to which he produces to Fire Rescue Victoria satisfactory evidence that it is likely to be permanent and is not due to misconduct or to causes within his own control; or

S. 81(2)(b) amended by Nos 8760 s. 2(c)(ii), 2/1995 s. 22(a), 20/2019 s. 134.

        (b)     an officer or employee of Fire Rescue Victoria dies—

S. 81(2)(c) repealed by No. 8760 s. 2(d).

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that employee shall be entitled, or (in the case of death) shall be deemed to have been entitled, to be granted by Fire Rescue Victoria—

where the completed years of service are not less than four but are less than ten, then in respect of such completed years of service;

where the completed years of service are more than ten, then (in addition to any entitlement under subsection (1) of this section) in respect of such completed years of service (not exceeding four) as exceed the next lower multiple of five—

long service leave with pay on the basis of one-tenth of three months leave for each such completed year.

S. 81(3) amended by Nos 2/1995 s. 22(a), 24/1997
s. 57(1), 20/2019 s. 134.

    (3)     Where the employment with Fire Rescue Victoria of any employee ceases on account of—

        (a)     age; or

S. 81(3)(b) amended by No. 20/2019 s. 134.

        (b)     ill health as to which he produces to Fire Rescue Victoria satisfactory evidence that it is likely to be permanent and is not due to misconduct or to causes within his own control—

that employee may by notice in writing to Fire Rescue Victoria elect to take pay in lieu of the whole or any part of any such leave to which he is then entitled and Fire Rescue Victoria shall grant him pay in lieu thereof accordingly.

S. 81(4) repealed by No. 8760 s. 2(d).

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S. 81(5) amended by No. 2/1995 s. 22(a), repealed by No. 24/1997
s. 55.

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S. 81(6) amended by No. 2/1995 s. 22(a), repealed by No. 24/1997
s. 55.

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S. 81A inserted by No. 7536 s. 5(a).



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