❓ A Member of Parliament questions the Department of Education's requirement for teachers to explain their reasons for taking long service leave, particularly when applications are submitted after the advertised deadline. The Minister clarifies the policy is related to workforce planning and award requirements.
AnsweredQoN 3487Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(1) Can the Minister please advise why the Department of Education requires an explanation from a teacher as to why he or she wants to acquit their long-service leave?
(2) If an employee has lawfully accumulated long service leave, why do they then have to explain why they want to take what is due to them, something which appears to be an invasion of privacy?
(3) Why are employees’ reasons for taking long service leave of any concern to the Education Department?
(2) If an employee has lawfully accumulated long service leave, why do they then have to explain why they want to take what is due to them, something which appears to be an invasion of privacy?
(3) Why are employees’ reasons for taking long service leave of any concern to the Education Department?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 September 2010
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
30 days
(1) - (3)
Under the provisions of clause 38 - Long Service Leave of the
Teachers (Public Sector Primary and Secondary Education) Award 1992
, a teacher must make an application for long service leave no later than the date specified by the Department of Education.
An explanation is only required when an employee applies for long service leave after the advertised closing date for such applications. The closing date for long service leave in 2011 was 25 June 2010, which was advertised on the Department's staffing website and emailed to school principals on 3 May 2010.
I am advised that applications received after the closing date will generally not be approved, except where extenuating circumstances can be substantiated.
Apart from being an Award requirement, it is necessary for an employee who is a teacher, to submit an application for long service leave by the advertised closing date for workforce planning purposes, namely to ensure the position is filled for the period of leave.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
Under the provisions of clause 38 - Long Service Leave of the
Teachers (Public Sector Primary and Secondary Education) Award 1992
, a teacher must make an application for long service leave no later than the date specified by the Department of Education.
An explanation is only required when an employee applies for long service leave after the advertised closing date for such applications. The closing date for long service leave in 2011 was 25 June 2010, which was advertised on the Department's staffing website and emailed to school principals on 3 May 2010.
I am advised that applications received after the closing date will generally not be approved, except where extenuating circumstances can be substantiated.
Apart from being an Award requirement, it is necessary for an employee who is a teacher, to submit an application for long service leave by the advertised closing date for workforce planning purposes, namely to ensure the position is filled for the period of leave.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.