4Permission to attend training

4 Permission to attend training

(1) This clause only applies to a Commonwealth employee who is: (a) an APS employee; or (b) engaged in an FMA Agency. (2) If an employee seeks permission from a Commonwealth employer to attend compulsory ACC training, the employer must grant the permission, whether by way of granting leave or otherwise, to the extent that the terms and conditions of employment of the employee allow such permission to be granted in the circumstances.

Note: Example: A Commonwealth employer may give permission by way of granting paid or unpaid leave to an employee to enable the employee to attend ACC compulsory training, provided that the employee’s employment terms and conditions permit such leave to be granted for this purpose. Alternatively, the employer may decide to give permission to the employee to attend such training without taking any leave, if the employee’s employment terms and conditions allow for such permission to be given.

(3) Subclause (2) does not preclude a Commonwealth employer granting permission for an employee to attend compulsory ACC training on different dates from those nominated by the employee, or on terms that are different from those sought by the employee. (4) In this clause, compulsory ACC training means training identified by the Department as compulsory for the purpose of preparing a person for engagement or possible engagement as an Australian Civilian Corps employee.