13Long service leave is in addition to other leave

13 Long service leave is in addition to other leave

(1)  Any period of long service leave to which an employee is entitled to be credited is in addition to any –

(a) [Section 13 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 10, Applied:18 Dec 2019] recreation leave or personal leave to which the employee is entitled under any Act or industrial award; and

(b) prescribed holidays.

(2)  Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to an employee who –

(a) receives extra pay to cover prescribed holidays; or

(b) does shift work and receives additional recreation days in place of prescribed holidays.

(3)  If an employee is sick for a period of 3 or more days while on long service leave, that period is to be credited to the period of long service leave if –

(a) the employee is entitled to be paid for that period of sickness as though the employee were at work; and

(b) [Section 13 Subsection (3) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] a medical certificate from a medical practitioner is provided relating to that sickness.

(4)  An employee who is employed outside the State is to be treated as if the employee is employed in Hobart.