Recreation (Annual) leaveRecreation (Annual) leave

Recreation (Annual) leave

4.2 A Secretary is entitled to recreation leave at a rate of 20 working days for each completed 12 months of service, or pro rata for lesser periods, to be credited in the same way as recreation leave entitlements are credited to employees generally in the Secretary’s Department.

4.3 A Secretary’s recreation leave credit includes any existing recreation leave accrued either through prior service in the Australian Public Service or the ACT Government Service, or through employment in a Commonwealth Authority, that in either case ceased not more than 2 months prior to being appointed as a Secretary.

4.4 Where a Secretary ceases to be a Secretary, other than by death, and does not carry forward a recreation leave credit to other Commonwealth employment, he or she is entitled to be paid, at the Reference Salary rate at that time, for any recreation leave credit accrued and unused at the date he or she ceased to be a Secretary, but if a Secretary has died, the Secretary’s Minister may authorise payment of this amount to a dependant of the Secretary or the Secretary’s legal personal representative.

4.5 A Secretary is entitled to cash out up to half of his or her annual recreation leave entitlement in any year, at the Reference Salary rate at the time of election, if the Secretary’s Department has a policy that allows employees generally in that Department to cash out up to half of their annual recreation leave entitlements in accordance with the workplace agreements under which they are engaged.