Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 S.R. No. 79/2011 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objectives 1 2 Authorising provisions 1 3 Commencement 1 4 Revocation 1 5 Definitions 2 6 Meaning of ceasing employment due to age or ill health 2 7 Meaning of current pay 2 8 When leave may be taken 4 9 No other employment 4 10 Public holidays during long service leave 4 11 Period of service must not contain leave already taken or in respect of which employee paid 4 12 Computing period of service—service to be included 5 13 Computing period of service—service not to be included 6 14 Prior employment by other water corporations or persons or bodies 8 15 Entitlement if an employee converts from full-time to part-time service or vice versa 9 16 Computation of pay for leave taken with pay 10 17 Entitlement to pay instead of leave on retirement, termination or death 10 18 Transfer of entitlements between water corporations 10 19 Water corporation to refund former or other water corporation in some cases 12 20 Water corporation may seek further reimbursement from other water corporations in some cases 13 21 Agreements regarding transfer of entitlements 14 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 15 -- 1 of 16 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2011 S.R. No. 79/2011 Water Act 1989 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 3 August 2011 Responsible Minister: PETER WALSH Minister for Water MATTHEW McBEATH Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objectives The objective of these Regulations is to provide for long service leave for employees of water corporations. 2 Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under sections 119 and 324 of the Water Act 1989. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 7 August 2011. 4 Revocation The Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2001 1 are revoked. -- 2 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 5 Definitions In these Regulations— Authority has the same meaning as it had in the Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2001 as in force before their revocation; current water corporation has the meaning in regulation 18(1); employee, in relation to a water corporation, means an officer employed by that water corporation; former water corporation has the meaning in regulation 18(1); relevant water corporation has the meaning in regulation 20(1). 6 Meaning of ceasing employment due to age or ill health For the purposes of these Regulations— (a) an employee retires because of age if he or she ceases to be an employee on or after becoming 55 years of age; and (b) an employee retires, or has his or her services terminated, because of ill health, if the water corporation is satisfied that the employee ceases to be an employee because of ill health that is likely to be permanent. 7 Meaning of current pay (1) For the purposes of regulations 17, 18 and 20, an employee's current pay must be based on the employee's normal weekly number of hours of work and the employee's ordinary time rate of pay as at— (a) the date of accrual to the employee of his or her long service leave entitlement; or r. 5 -- 3 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (b) the date the employee ceased employment with a former water corporation or a relevant water corporation— as the case requires. (2) In this regulation— date of accrual to the employee of his or her long service leave entitlement means the date on which the pay instead of long service is granted under regulation 17 to an employee or, in the case of any employee who at that date is not entitled to receive pay, the date on which he or she ceased to be so entitled; normal weekly number of hours means, if no normal weekly number of hours is fixed for an employee under the terms of his or her employment, the average weekly number of hours worked by the employee during the 12 month period immediately preceding— (a) the date of accrual to the employee of his or her long service leave entitlement; or (b) the date the employee ceased employment with a former water corporation or a relevant water corporation— as the case requires; ordinary time rate of pay means, if no ordinary time rate of pay is fixed for an employee's work under the terms of his or her employment, the average weekly rate earned by the employee while actually working during the 12 month period immediately preceding— r. 7 -- 4 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (a) the date of accrual to the employee of his or her long service leave entitlement; or (b) the date the employee ceased employment with a former water corporation or a relevant water corporation— as the case requires. 8 When leave may be taken The water corporation may determine the time at which an employee takes long service leave so that it does not detrimentally affect the water corporation's operations. 9 No other employment An employee on long service leave must not engage in any employment for hire or reward without prior approval from the water corporation. 10 Public holidays during long service leave (1) If a public holiday occurs during a period of long service leave taken by an employee under these Regulations, the public holiday is not to be regarded as part of the long service leave and the water corporation must grant the employee a day off in lieu of the public holiday. (2) The day off is to be taken by agreement at the conclusion of the long service leave period or at a mutually convenient time. 11 Period of service must not contain leave already taken or in respect of which employee paid In computing under these Regulations the period of long service leave, or pay instead of that leave, to which an employee is entitled, the water corporation must not take into account any long r. 8 -- 5 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel service leave, or pay instead of that leave, already granted to the employee. 12 Computing period of service—service to be included (1) In computing the period of service in respect of which an employee of the water corporation is entitled to be granted long service leave or pay instead of that leave, the water corporation must include the aggregate of the period of service if the period of service is not continuous and include— (a) any period of service during which the employee was absent from duty on annual recreation leave or sick leave on full pay or half pay; and (b) to the extent determined by the water corporation in any particular case, the whole or any portion of a period of service when the employee was absent from duty on any leave other than annual recreation leave or sick leave; and (c) any period during which the employee's service was interrupted or the employee was absent from work in any of the following circumstances— (i) any absence from work of not more than 14 days in any year due to illness or injury; (ii) any interruption or ending of the employee's service by the water corporation, if that interruption or ending is made with the intention of avoiding obligations in respect of long service leave or annual recreation leave; r. 12 -- 6 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 6 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (iii) any absence on service as a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Commonwealth of Australia (other than service as a member of the permanent forces after the employee joined the water corporation); and (d) any period of service computed in accordance with regulation 14. (2) The entitlement of an employee to long service leave or pay instead of it is not affected by any interruption or absence described in subregulation (1). 13 Computing period of service—service not to be included (1) In computing the period of service in respect of which an employee of the water corporation is entitled to be granted long service leave or pay instead of that leave, the water corporation must not include— (a) despite paragraph (c), any period of service before the employee's services were terminated for disciplinary reasons; or (b) any period during which the employee's service was interrupted or the employee was absent from work in any of the following circumstances— (i) any interruption in the employee's service arising directly or indirectly from an industrial dispute; (ii) the standing down of the employee when no work is available; (iii) any other absence of the employee due to injury arising out of or in the course of his or her employment; r. 13 -- 7 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 7 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (iv) the circumstances described in paragraph (c); or (c) any period of service that preceded a continuous gap in service of greater than 12 months other than— (i) an absence of 3 years or less in the nature of retirement occasioned by disability; or (ii) an absence of 2 years or less which in the opinion of the employer was caused by special circumstances; or (d) any period during which the employee was absent from duty on maternity, paternity, partner or adoption leave without pay; or (e) except to the extent (if any) authorised by the employer, any other period during which the employee was absent on leave without pay; or (f) any period during which the employee was absent from duty and in receipt of weekly payments of compensation under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or any corresponding previous enactment, other than the first 2 months of that period; or (g) any period that followed the date on which a pension (other than a temporary pension) became payable to the employee by reason of retirement on the ground of disability; or (h) any period that followed the first 12 months after the date on which a temporary pension became payable to the employee by reason of retirement on the ground of disability. (2) The entitlement of an employee to long service leave or pay instead of that leave is not affected by any interruption or absence described in r. 13 -- 8 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 8 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel subregulation (1)(b), (d), (e) or (f), except to the extent that the period of interruption or absence is not included for the purposes of the computation of the period of service. 14 Prior employment by other water corporations or persons or bodies (1) Subject to subregulation (3), in computing the period of service which entitles an employee to be granted long service leave or pay instead of that leave, the water corporation must take into account— (a) any period after 1 March 1975 during which the employee was employed by any other water corporation or by an Authority to which any other water corporation is the successor at law; and (b) any other period during which the employee was employed by any other water corporation or by an Authority to which any other water corporation is the successor at law that was his or her employer at 1 March 1975— but if there is an interruption of more than 2 months between any periods of the employee's employment, any period before that interruption must be disregarded. (2) Subject to subregulation (3), in computing the period of service which entitles an employee to be granted long service leave or pay instead of that leave, the water corporation must take into account any prior service of the employee— (a) with any local government authority under the law of the Commonwealth or of any State or Territory; or (b) in any office of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth or any State; or r. 14 -- 9 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 9 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (c) with any State, Territory or Commonwealth Department or public authority; or (d) with a public entity within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004— to the extent provided for in any agreement entered into by the water corporation under regulation 21. (3) For the purposes of this regulation, the service of the employee with another water corporation or Authority to which that other water corporation is the successor at law under subregulation (1) or with a body or person referred to in subregulation (2) must not be taken into account unless the employee was employed by that water corporation including any related Authority, person or body for 3 years or more. (4) Subregulation (3) does not apply if the employee— (a) has died; or (b) has retired because of age; or (c) has retired, or had his or her services terminated, because of ill health. 15 Entitlement if an employee converts from full-time to part-time service or vice versa (1) If an employee of a water corporation converts from full-time to part-time service or from part-time to full-time service, the employee's entitlement to long service leave is to be computed on a pro rata basis. (2) Subregulation (1) applies in respect of any period of service of the employee with the water corporation and with the Authority to which the water corporation is the successor at law. r. 15 -- 10 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 10 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 16 Computation of pay for leave taken with pay If an employee is granted long service leave with pay, that pay must be computed in the same manner as if he or she had remained on duty during the period of leave. 17 Entitlement to pay instead of leave on retirement, termination or death (1) If an employee has completed 5 or more years of service, the employee is entitled to be granted pay instead of long service leave at the rate of 10% of 3 months current pay for each year of service if— (a) the employee retires because of age or ill health; or (b) the employee's services are terminated by the water corporation for any reason other than serious misconduct; or (c) the employee dies. (2) If an employee dies before or while taking long service leave with pay, or before being paid in full instead of long service leave, the water corporation must pay to the legal personal representative of the employee— (a) any pay which the employee elected to take instead of leave that had yet to be paid; and (b) pay instead of any long service leave to which the employee was entitled and which the employee had not taken or for which the employee had not been paid. 18 Transfer of entitlements between water corporations If an employee ceases to be employed by a water corporation (the former water corporation) and within 2 months of ceasing to be so employed is employed by another water corporation r. 16 -- 11 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (the current water corporation), the current water corporation must, within 6 months of the commencement of the employee's employment, inform the former water corporation of the employee's employment and the former water corporation must within 30 days of being so informed pay to the current water corporation— (a) if the employee was employed by the former water corporation or the Authority to which the former water corporation is the successor at law for a period of 3 years or more, an amount equal to 10% of 3 months current pay for each completed year of service of the employee with— (i) the former water corporation or Authority; and (ii) any other water corporation or Authority to which that other water corporation is the successor at law or a person or body referred to in regulation 14(2)— if that service would be included in computing the period of service entitling the employee to long service leave under these Regulations; or (b) if the employee was employed by the former water corporation for a period of less than 3 years, any amount which the former water corporation has received in respect of that employee from any other water corporation or Authority to which that other water corporation is the successor at law or any other person or body referred to in regulation 14(2) in respect of long service leave. r. 18 -- 12 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 19 Water corporation to refund former or other water corporation in some cases (1) This regulation applies if— (a) a current water corporation has received a payment in respect of an employee from a former water corporation under regulation 18(1); and (b) the employee has— (i) resigned or had his or her services terminated for any reason other than ill health and 6 months after the cessation of employment— (A) the current water corporation has not been informed that the employee has been employed by any other water corporation; and (B) no agreement has been entered into under regulation 21(a) by the current water corporation for a payment to be made by the current water corporation to a responsible person under that regulation in respect of the employee; or (ii) died, or because of age retired, or because of ill health has retired or has had his or her services terminated; and (c) no pay instead of long service leave has been granted by the current water corporation under regulation 17 in respect of the employee; and (d) there is no entitlement to pay instead of long service leave under regulation 17 in respect of the employee. r. 19 -- 13 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 13 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (2) The current water corporation must inform the former water corporation, or any other water corporation which has paid an amount under regulation 18(1) in respect of the employee, that this regulation applies to that payment. (3) At the written request of the former or other water corporation the current water corporation must refund the amount to the former or other water corporation. (4) The current water corporation must comply— (a) with subregulation (2) within 30 days after the date that all the criteria listed in subregulation (1) are met; and (b) with subregulation (3) within 30 days after receiving the request from the former or other water corporation. 20 Water corporation may seek further reimbursement from other water corporations in some cases (1) This regulation applies if— (a) an employee dies or, because of age retires, or, because of ill health, retires or has his or her services terminated; and (b) pay instead of long service leave in respect of that employee has been granted by the current water corporation under regulation 17; and (c) that pay is based on a period of service which takes into account prior service with any other water corporation or the Authority to which the other water corporation is successor at law (the relevant water corporation); and r. 20 -- 14 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 14 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (d) the current water corporation has not received any payment in respect of that period of service from the relevant water corporation under regulation 18(1) or under an agreement made under regulation 21(b). (2) The current water corporation may request in writing that the relevant water corporation make a payment to it in respect of the pay instead of long service leave granted to the employee. (3) Within 30 days after receiving a request under subregulation (2), the relevant water corporation must pay to the current water corporation an amount equal to 10% of 3 months current pay for each completed year of service of the employee with the relevant water corporation. 21 Agreements regarding transfer of entitlements A water corporation may enter into an agreement with the person responsible for the payment of salary or wages to persons employed with a person or body referred to in regulation 14(2) (the responsible person) providing for— (a) payments by the water corporation to the responsible person in respect of long service leave for a person transferring from employment with the water corporation to employment with the relevant person or body referred to in regulation 14(2); (b) payments to the water corporation by the responsible person in respect of long service leave for an employee transferring from employment with the relevant person or body referred to in regulation 14(2) to employment with the water corporation. ═══════════════ r. 21 -- 15 of 16 -- S.R. No. 79/2011 Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011 15 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 79/2001. Endnotes -- 16 of 16 --