Schedule 4 - Prior Service

1. Recognition Of Service

1.1 A staff member will be entitled to have service with previous employers as listed in 1.3 below recognised as prior service for long service leave purposes where:

1. he/she makes a claim for recognition of that prior service within six months of his/her appointment (including any appointment following a period of exclusively casual service with the University); and
2. there is no break in service with a recognised prior service employer of more than 12 months.

1.2 Where the Trades and Services Staff member claims recognition of prior service for long service leave purposes, the University will notify the staff member of the amount of recognised service as soon as possible but no later than 12 months after the date of appointment. Where previous service is recognised the University may require that the staff member complete up to three years' service with the University before long service leave may be taken.

1.3 Subject to clauses 1.1 and 1.2, prior service of up to 10 years with the following employers will be recognised for the purposes of long service leave:

1. Any Australian University or TAFE Institutes;
2. The Commonwealth or any State/Territory Public Service and instrumentalities including the armed forces and bodies with which the Public Services have reciprocal relations as published from time to time in the regulations of the Public Service.
3. Institutions listed in Schedule 2 of the Post-Secondary Education Act which have agreed to reciprocity of recognition of service for long service eligibility purposes.
4. Other employers by negotiation between the staff member and the University at the time of the staff member's appointment.
5. Service with CSIRO, Monash University companies, Australian inter-university bodies (e.g. Universities Australia) and the TAFE Board.

1.4 The following will not count as service for long service leave purposes:

1. Any period of service subsequent to the date from which a pension is payable under the provision of the Superannuation Act or of such other pension schemes as may apply where the staff member retires on the grounds of age or ill-health;
2. Any period of service for which payment in lieu of long service leave has been made by a previous employer or which a staff member has an entitlement to payment in lieu by a previous employer, provided that any such period of service will be included for the purpose of satisfying the requirement that a minimum of seven years be served before long service leave may be taken.