11State to recognise Commonwealth entitlements etc.

11 State to recognise Commonwealth entitlements etc.

The Parliament intends that the Commonwealth should do its best to negotiate an agreement under which the following conditions are to apply to each of the affected employees who accepts an offer of continuing employment made by the State or an authority of the State for so long as the affected employee continues to be employed by the State or an authority of the State: (a) all recreation leave, long service leave and sick leave accrued by the affected employee before the staff transfer day will be transferred at full value to the State system; (b) the affected employee will be allowed to take whatever maternity leave the affected employee would have been entitled to take if the affected employee had remained in Commonwealth employment; (c) any study leave arrangements made by the affected employee before the staff transfer day will be allowed to continue until the affected employee completes the relevant course of study; (d) all service of the affected employee before the staff transfer day that would be recognised by the Commonwealth for the purpose of determining seniority, future leave entitlements or redundancy benefits will be recognised for that purpose in the State system; (e) any period of probation served by the affected employee in the Service before the staff transfer day will not need to be served again under the State system.