AUSTRALIA POST HR MANUAL

H.R. Policies and Procedures

14.1.1 - Purpose
14.1.2 - Leave Available and Payment
14.1.3 - Leave Applications
14.1.4 - Medical Certificates
14.1.5 - Employee Seriously Injured
14.1.6 - Submission of Documents
14.1.7 - Absence More Than 13 Weeks
14.1.8 - Retirement as a Result of Injury/Disease
14.1.9 - Termination of Employment
14.1.10 - Higher Duties Advice
14.1.11 - Payment of Salary for Day of

14.2.1 - General
14.2.2 - Approved By
14.2.3 - Authority
14.2.4. - Period of Leave
14.2.5 - Guardians
14.2.6 - Leave Not To Count As Service
14.2.7 - Australia Post Superannuation Scheme (APSS)
14.2.8 - Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS)
14.2.9 - Arranging Leave
14.2.10 - Part-Time Employment Provisions

14.4.1 - Purpose
14.4.2 - Approved By
14.4.3 - Authority
14.4.4 - Eligibility
14.4.5 - Application
14.4.6 - Special leave In Addition To Bereavement Leave

14.4.1 - Purpose
14.4.2 - Approved By
14.4.3 - Authority
14.4.4 - Eligibility
14.4.5 - Application
14.4.6 - Special leave In Addition To Bereavement Leave

14.7.1 Purpose
14.7.2 Approved By
14.7.3 Authority
14.7.4 Procedures
14.7.5 Retention of Jury Fees
14.7.6 Jury Service during Long Service Leave / Recreation Leave
14.7.7 Release from Duty for Jury Service
14.7.8 Rate of Payment during Jury Service

14.8.1 Authority
14.8.2 Approved By
14.8.3 Eligibility and Approval
14.8.4 Accrual
14.8.5 Applications While on Sick Leave
14.8.6 Access to Other Leave
14.8.7 Rate of Salary
14.8.8 Pro-Rata LSL or Payment in Lieu
14.8.9 Carry Over the Credits to Another Employer
14.8.10 Concurrent Service
14.8.11 Leave Counting as Service for LSL
14.8.12 Continuity of Service after Ceasing Employment Due to Ill Health
14.8.13 Continuity of Service: Post-Defence Force Full-Time Vocational Training Schemes
14.8.14 Legal Disability: LSL or Payment in Lieu
14.8.15 Payment of LSL Monies on Death
14.8.16 Appointment of Trustees
14.8.17 Tax on LSL Advances
14.8.18 Recognition of Prior Service for Long Service Leave (LSL)
14.8.19 Credit for Recognised Prior Service
14.8.20 Unrecorded Prior Service

14.9.1 Purpose
14.9.2 Approved By
14.9.3 Authority
14.9.4 Eligibility
14.9.5 Paid Maternity Leave
14.9.6 Unpaid Maternity Leave
14.9.7 Qualifying Service for Paid Maternity Leave
14.9.8 Leave Without Pay - Impact on Eligibility
14.9.9 Applications
14.9.10 Required Absence
14.9.11 Termination of Pregnancy
14.9.12 Pay During Maternity Leave
14.9.13 Application to Resume Duty
14.9.14 Maternity Leave Counting as Service
14.9.15 Maternity Leave During Probation
14.9.16 Access to Other Leave Credits
14.9.17 Australia Post Superannuation Scheme (APSS)
14.9.18 Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS)
14.9.19 Non-Permanent Employees
14.9.20 Promotion
14.9.21 Miscellaneous
14.9.22 Part-Time Employment Provisions

14.10.1 - Purpose
14.10.2 - Approved By
14.10.3 - Authority
14.10.4 - Period of Leave
14.10.5 - Relationship to Maternity Leave
14.10.6 - Parental Leave for The Father
14.10.7 - Both Parents in Australia Post
14.10.8 - Leave Not to Count As Service
14.10.9 - Australia Post Superannuation Scheme
14.10.10 - Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme
14.10.11 - Arranging Leave
14.10.12 - Part-Time Employment Provisions

14.11.1 Purpose
14.11.2 Approved By
14.11.3 Eligibility
14.11.4 Authority
14.11.5 Rostering Leave
14.11.6 Taking/Granting Leave
14.11.7 Fitness for Leave
14.11.8 Leave Entitlement
14.11.9 Accrual of Leave
14.11.10 Accrual of Pro-Rata Leave Credits
14.11.11 Leave Rosters
14.11.12 Pay in Advance
14.11.13 Other Leave not Affecting Recreation Leave Credits
14.11.14 Other Leave which Affects Recreation Leave Credits
14.11.15 Use of Other Leave During Recreation Leave
14.11.16 Anticipation of Recreation Leave
14.11.17 Anticipation of Recreation Leave - First Year of Service / Extreme Hardship
14.11.18 Annual Leave Bonus
14.11.19 Shift Employees - Additional Recreation Leave Credit Entitlements
14.11.20 Isolated Districts - Additional Leave
14.11.21 Accrual of Leave and Payment in Lieu
14.11.22 Excess Leave Credits

14.12.1 Purpose
14.12.2 Approved By
14.12.3 Eligibility
14.12.4 Authority
14.12.5 Accrual of Credits
14.12.6 Public Holidays - Employees on Sick Leave
14.12.7 Medical Certificates
14.12.8 Certificates from State Registered Nurses
14.12.9 Evidence of Illness Other Than Medical Certificate
14.12.10 Medical Certificate from Other Than a Qualified Medical Practitioner (also see 14.12.30)
14.12.11 Medical Certificates - Cases of Doubt, or From Overseas Medical Practitioners
14.12.12 Nature of Illness not Shown on Certificate
14.12.13 Clarification of an Absence on Medical Grounds
14.12.14 Medical Certificate not Provided
14.12.15 Frequent Absences Without a Certificate
14.12.16 Unable to Make Application
14.12.17 Certificate Lost
14.12.18 Australian Government Medical Officer's Report
14.12.19 Function of Examining Medical Officers
14.12.20 Medical Examination Following 13 Week Absence
14.12.21 Requirement to Undergo Medical Examination
14.12.22 Certificate of Fitness to Resume Duty
14.12.23 Maximum Period of Sick Leave (With and Without Pay)
14.12.24 Retirement Invalidity - Initiating Action
14.12.25 Sick Leave Credits up to Retirement Invalidity
14.12.26 Sick Leave Taken in Excess of Credits
14.12.27 Illness Caused Through Misconduct
14.12.28 Infectious Diseases Contacts
14.12.29 Medical Examinations - Fitness for Continued Duty
14.12.30 Sick Leave Resulting from Vaccination in Connection with Official Duties
14.12.31 Sick Leave for Dental, Optical and Other Purposes (Also see 14.12.10)
14.12.32 Volunteers for Blood Donation
14.12.33 Meritorious Action
14.12.34 Illness While on Defence/Citizen Forces Leave
14.12.35 Leave During Currency of Sick Leave
14.12.36 Illness During Recreation Leave/Long Service Leave
14.12.37 Illness During Leave Without Pay
14.12.38 Retention of Sick Leave Credits Accrued in Prior Public Employment
14.12.39 Service with Employee Organisation/Union
14.12.40 Employee Previously Retired Invalidity
14.12.41 Weekly Hours Over a Cycle of Shifts
14.12.42 Advice of Sick Leave Approval
14.12.43 Use of Sick Leave for Family Care
14.12.44 Buying Back Sick Leave Credits Following Motor Vehicle Accident

14.13.1 Purpose
14.13.2 Applied By
14.13.3 Eligibility
14.13.4 Authority
14.13.5 Applications and Reasons for Leave
14.13.6 Public Holidays
14.13.7 Special Compassionate Leave To Care For Family Members
14.13.8 Special Leave for Change of Residence
14.13.9 Leave in Anticipation of Recreation Leave
14.13.10 Special Leave Not Cumulative
14.13.11 Repatriation Leave
14.13.12 Leave for Natural or Civil Disasters
14.13.13 Leave to Arrange/Attend Funeral
14.13.14 Leave for Trade Union Training/Seminars
14.13.15 Leave for Local Government Purposes
14.13.16 Other Special Leave
14.13.17 Naturalization/Citizenship - Leave to Attend
14.13.18 Other Extraordinary Circumstances
14.13.19 Ceremonial Leave
14.13.20 NAIDOC Leave
14.13.21 Leave for Employees Engaged Under The Aspire Program and Paralympic Employment Program
14.13.22 Attendance at International Sporting Events

14.14.1 Purpose
14.14.2 Approved By
14.14.3 Eligibility
14.14.4 Authority
14.14.5 War Service Sick Leave Credits
14.14.6 Returned Soldiers - Leave for Medical and Pension Purposes
14.14.7 Notation of War Service Disability
14.14.8 Accrual of WSSL Credits
14.14.9 Advance of Accrual Date for LWOP
14.14.10 Use of WSSL Credits
14.14.11 Medical Certificate
14.14.12 WSSL for 13 Weeks or More
14.14.13 Use of WSSL in Conjunction with Sick Leave
14.14.14 Attendance Before a War Pensions Appeal Tribunal
14.14.15 Broken Periods of Commonwealth Employment
14.14.16 Recording of Leave
14.14.17 Retirement Invalidity

15.1 Purpose
14.15.2 Authority
14.15.3 Approved By
14.15.4 Provisions
14.15.5 Application Procedures and Reasons for LWOP
14.15.6 Confidential Reasons
14.15.7 Approval not to be Anticipated
14.15.8 Applications to be Registered
14.15.9 Advice to Applicant
14.15.10 Discontinued Employment for Fixed Term Employees
14.15.11 Superannuation Contributions
14.15.12 Outside Employment During LWOP
14.15.13 Service with Specified Organisations and Bodies
14.15.14 Studies or Research
14.15.15 Deferment of Accrual Dates for LWOP not to Count as Service

14.17.1 Purpose
14.17.2 Approved by
14.17.3 Recreation Leave Provisions
14.17.4 Sick Leave Provisions
14.17.5 Maternity Leave Provisions
14.17.6 Long Service Leave Provisions
14.17.7 Salary Overpayments
14.17.8 Adjustment of Leave Records
14.17.9 Salary and Allowance Overpayments Recoverable
14.17.10 Salary and Allowance Overpayments Not Recoverable
14.17.11 Waiver of Overpayments
14.17.12 Overpayments Received in Bad Faith
14.17.13 Advice to Overpaid Employee
14.17.14 Rate of Recovery
14.17.15 Review of the Rate of Recovery
14.17.16 Termination - Outstanding Overpayments
14.17.17 Former Employees
14.17.18 Records

15.1 Purpose and Authority
15.2 Approved By/Delegations
15.3 Coverage under the SRC Act
15.4 Delegates Determination
15.5 Review of Determinations
15.6 Rehabilitation Aspects - Assessment/Case Management
15.7 Payment of Cost of Assessment/Examination
15.8 Refusal/Failure to Undergo Examination
15.9 Determining Rehabilitation Program
15.10 Refusal/Failure to Participate in Rehabilitation Program
15.11 Responsibility to Provide Employment
15.12 Accident/Injury Reporting Procedures
15.13 Supporting Documents
15.14 Benefits under Compensation Act
15.15 Payments for Incapacity
15.16 Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE)
15.17 Compensation Payments Beyond Retirement
15.18 Compensation for Certain Alterations
15.19 Proceedings against Third Parties

16.1 Salary on Engagement
16.1.1 General
16.1.2 Previous Service
16.2 Salary on Promotion
16.2.1 Conditions
16.2.2 Effect of Previous Higher Duties Service
16.3 Increments
16.3.1 Authority
16.3.2 Staff Eligible
16.3.3 Approval of Increments
16.3.4 Effect of Absences on Accrual Date
16.3.5 Accrual Period
16.3.6 Employees Employed in Several Positions
16.3.7 Granting of Increments to Juniors
16.3.8 Unsatisfactory C, D and E Report
16.3.9 Period of Deferment
16.3.10 Deferment - Advice to Staff
16.3.11 Deferment - Second Period
16.3.12 Increment Subsequently Granted
16.3.13 Right of Appeal
16.3.14 Employee Reduced in Salary
16.4 Salary Allowances
16.4.1 Authority
16.4.2 Allowances for Both Salary and Superannuation Purposes
16.4.3 Allowances for Extraneous Payments Only
16.4.4 Allowances for Superannuation Purposes Only
16.4.5 Proficiency Allowance for Apprentices
16.4.6 Entry on History Card
16.4.7 Payment During Leave
16.4.8 Cessation of Allowance
16.5 Recovery Provisions - Salary, Allowances and Leave
16.5.1 Purpose
16.5.2 Approved By
16.5.3 Recreation Leave Provisions
16.5.4 Sick Leave Provisions
16.5.5 Maternity Leave Provisions
16.5.6 Long Service Leave Provisions
16.5.7 Salary Overpayments
16.5.8 Adjustment of Leave Records
16.5.9 Salary and Allowance Overpayments Recoverable
16.5.10 Salary and Allowance Overpayments not Recoverable
16.5.11 Waiver of Overpayments
16.5.12 Overpayments Received in Bad Faith
16.5.13 Advice to Overpaid Employee
16.5.14 Rate of Recovery
16.5.15 Review of the Rate of Recovery
16.5.16 Termination - Outstanding Overpayments
16.5.17 Former Employees
16.5.18 Records
16.6 Costing Check Reports
16.6.1 Authority
16.6.2 Purpose
16.6.3 Review Costing Check Report