Paid annual leave for full time and part time employees for each year worked at the number of ordinary hours required to be worked in any 4 week period during that year. Annual leave accrues on a pro-rata basis and is cumulative. It is illegal to pay out annual leave in lieu of an employee taking the leave. The only exception is termination of employment. The leave accrues on a pro-rata basis and is cumulative.
Maternity leave is unbroken leave and includes a period of six weeks following confinement.
An employee must provide an employer with a certificate from a registered medical practitioner stating that she is pregnant and the expected date of confinement is not less than 10 weeks prior to the presumed date of confinement. The employee must give at least four weeks notice in writing to the employer of the dates of leave to be taken. An employer may require an employee to commence maternity leave within six weeks of the presumed confinement date by the giving of 14 days written notice. The basic entitlement is 13 weeks paid leave after 15 years continuos service with pro rata entitlements applying after 10 years of continuos service on termination. They may exercise limited discretion within the range of the skill and knowledge under general supervision.