PARENTAL LEAVE FUND PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES

Amended as per SMG 16 Nov 2011

Download the Business Case for Parental Leave Funding.

Date of effect: January 2012

Approving body: Registrar

Approval date: 29 August 2011

 

1. The University will provide a central parental leave fund derived by an oncost levy of 0.3%

of all UC salaries.

 

2. Units will be eligible to access parental leave funding for the period they employ a staff

member to backfill an employee on parental leave. The parental leave fund will cover

salary and oncosts for the temporary employee at the substantive occupant’s

classification level and fraction or at a lower level. Note: Casual replacement costs should

not exceed the costs of the substantive employee as per Principles 2, 3, 4 and 5.

 

3. Units will be eligible to access parental leave funding to cover paid absences under the UC

Enterprise Agreement and government paid parental scheme.

 

4. Units may apply to access parental leave funding to cover paid absences taken through

Maternity leave, Paternity leave or Adoption leave. Note: Leave taken as Recreation

leave, Long Service leave, Leave Without Pay, Personal leave or Flexitime leave will not be

eligible for funding.

 

5. Units will be eligible to access parental leave funding only for the period that a temporary

employee is engaged, provided that this coincides with the substantive employee’s

parental leave absence.

 

6. Units will not be eligible to access parental leave funding where an employee taking

parental leave is employed on an external grant and the external grant contains a

provision for funding parental leave. However, units may request funding to cover any

shortfall between external grant funds and the total cost of the temporary employee’s

salary and oncosts in line with Principles 2, 3, 4 and 5. This includes grants which do not have provisions for any parental leave.

 

7. Unused central funds not used in a calendar year will roll-over to the following year.

 

8. Applications for parental leave funding should be submitted to the Director, Human

Resources for consideration. Applications should provide a business case outlining how

the unit will backfill the absence, salary and oncost details and length of temporary

employment.

 

9. Funding for parental leave applications will be at the discretion of the Director, Human

Resources.

Download the Business Case for Parental Leave Funding.