Leave Benefits
Conference Leave
Any member of staff seeking leave to attend a conference or meeting must obtain approval from his/her Divisional Head (Deans in Health Sciences) on the recommendation of the Head of Department and Dean for the period of leave. Staff with clinical appointments must also obtain approval from the manager of their clinical service. Staff seeking Conference Leave will normally be expected to be taking an active part in the conference or meeting concerned, such as presenting a paper or poster, chairing a session or other designated function relating to the conference or the sponsoring organisation.
More information can be found in the Conference Leave Policy
Long Service Leave
From the Collective Employment Agreement:
a. In addition to holidays and annual holidays specified elsewhere in this agreement, an employee shall be entitled to special holidays of:
- two weeks on completion of 10 years’ continuous University service, and
25 - one week on the completion of 15 years’ continuous University service, and
- one week on the completion of 20 years’ continuous University service.
The 10 and 20 year entitlements must be taken within five years of becoming due and the 15 year entitlement within 10 years of becoming due, or be forfeited.
b. Employees who, at the date of settlement of this agreement, have more than 15 years continuous University service but less than 20 years, shall receive the 15 year entitlement. i.e. one week of special leave.
c. Staff who are covered by the 1988 long service leave grandparented provisions will continue to have those conditions grandparented. All other grandparented long service leave provisions are replaced by this clause.
d. Long service leave is a leave entitlement and will not be paid out under any
circumstances.
e. It is the intention that when staff take long service leave their remuneration remains unchanged, hence all long service leave, including that for the grand parented provisions, will be calculated at the full-time equivalence and salary applicable at the time directly before taking the leave. Where this causes issues, it can be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Previous Service
From the Collective Employment Agreement:
- For the purpose of calculating leave entitlements, the University will recognise previous service with the University of Otago or the Dunedin College of Education subject to production of a certificate of service or other evidence.
a. The University may give credit for service with another New Zealand University for calculating entitlements.
b. Recognition of service will not be given when the employee has previously retired or received redundancy compensation from the University of Otago.
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