Any paid leave taken by an employee participating in the scheme will be paid pro rata. Long Service Leave will be paid at an appropriate lesser rate if it is taken at half pay or if an employee's average employment fraction does not entitle them to be paid at the higher rate. All leave must be taken at a time agreed between the employee and their supervisor and during the period of operation of the scheme. Depending on the fund to which they belong, an employee may apply to reduce their superannuation contributions to a level based on their actual salary for the period they are participating in the scheme. Employees should seek advice first from the Remuneration Services Office.
Employees are either day workers or shift workers.
The maximum number of hours of work a week of a day worker or a shift worker, paid at the ordinary rate of pay, is 38 hours for those employees who are responsible for the care of animals and 35 hours for all other employees. The maximum number of hours that may be worked each day before overtime applies is 7 hours 36 minutes for employees who are responsible for the care of animals and 7 hours for all other employees. There are no shift, weekend or Public Holiday loadings for time worked under such variable working arrangements. Agreement to work on Saturday must not be a requirement for offering or accepting a position and an employee must not suffer any detriment for declining to agree to work on Saturday. If a Saturday is worked the number of hours a week paid at the ordinary rate of pay must be worked so as to enable the employee to have at least two days off within the calendar week.