WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990
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LONGER PAID ANNUAL LEAVE FOR WORKERS PROPOSED
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO INCREASE AN EMPLOYEE'S ENTITLEMENT TO PAID ANNUAL LEAVE OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM SEVEN TO 14 DAYS DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE.
UPON ENACTMENT OF A BILL SOON то BE INTRODUCED ΤΟ THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AN EMPLOYEE WITH THREE YEARS' SERVICE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO EIGHT DAYS' PAID ANNUAL LEAVE, AN EMPLOYEE WITH FOUR YEARS WOULD BE ENTITLED TO NINE DAYS AND THOSE WITH FIVE YEARS OR LONGER WOULD GET 10 DAYS.
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PAID ANNUAL LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES WITH FIVE YEARS' SERVICE OR LONGER WOULD BE INCREASED FROM 10 ΤΟ 14 DAYS OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN PAID ANNUAL LEAVE:
YEARS OF
SERVICE OF
EMPLOYEE
NUMBER OF DAYS OF PAID ANNUAL LEAVE
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
YEAR 4
YEAR 5
(1990)*
(1991) *
(1992) *
(1993)*
(1994)*
1
7
7
7
+7
7
2
7
7
7
7
7
3
8
8
8
8
4
9
9
9
9
9
5
10
10
10
10
10
6
10
11
11
11
11
7
8
9 OR ABOVE
10
11
12
12
12
10
11
12
13
13
10
11
12
13
14
*
THE CALENDER YEAR (FOR 1990, THE PART OF THE YEAR AFTER ENACTMENT) IN WHICH THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETES THE LENGTH OF SERVICE SPECIFIED IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN.
UNDER THE EXISTING PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT LEAST FOUR OF THE SEVEN DAYS' PAID ANNUAL LEAVE CONSECUTIVELY.
ORDINANCE, AT
MUST BE
TAKEN
LEAVE MAKE
IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLE THAT A MAJOR PORTION OF THE SHOULD BE ENJOYED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, AND IN ORDER ΤΟ LEAVE-TAKING MORE FLEXIBLE, IT IS PROPOSED THAT WHERE THE LEAVE ENTITLEMENT DOES NOT EXCEED 10 DAYS, UP TO THREE DAYS MAY BE GRANTED SEPARATELY AT THE EMPLOYEE'S REQUEST.
THE
SEPARATELY
AT
NUMBER THE
ALSO, WHERE THE LEAVE ENTITLEMENT EXCEEDS 10 DAYS, OF DAYS IN EXCESS OF SEVEN DAYS MAY BE GRANTED EMPLOYEE'S REQUEST.
/WITH THE
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