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| Statutory Leave | Length of Service |
Eligibility (Check with HR for full eligibility) |
Leave Period | Salary Entitlement | Applicability | Notice Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Parental leave
|
One-year continuous service |
Parent or guardian of child under 12 years old or 16 years old for child with disability or long-term illness |
26 weeks per child |
Unpaid |
Either one continuous period, or 2 separate periods of not less than 6 weeks |
6 weeks’ notice |
|
Force Majeure Leave |
One-year continuous service |
Leave for employees where their immediate presence is indispensable owing to an illness or injury to a close family member (as defined in legislation). Employees cannot take force majeure leave for something they knew about in advance.
|
3 days leave in 12 months
or
5 days in 36 months
|
Paid by Klas |
Absence for part of a day is counted as one day |
Notify as soon as reasonably possible |
|
Parent’s Leave
|
|
Parents of children under 2 years of age or of an adopted child in the first 2 years of the placement of the child |
9 weeks Additional 2 weeks parent’s leave if your child is under the age of 2 on 1 July 2022 or adopted child placed with your family less than 2 years on 1 July 2022. |
Social welfare payments
|
Taken as one continuous period of 7 weeks leave or separate periods of not less than one week. |
6 weeks’ notice |
|
Paternity Leave (Father’s Leave) |
Not the parent who has taken maternity or adoptive leave |
New parents of children under 6 months of age |
2 weeks leave
|
Social welfare payments plus top up by Klas to employee’s full salary
|
Taken within 26 weeks of birth |
4 weeks’ notice
|
|
Leave for Medical Care Purpose |
N/A |
Employee who is a parent, a spouse or civil partner of employee, cohabitee, parent or grandparent, brother or sister, person who resides in the same household of the employee and
in need of significant care or support for a serious medical reason
|
5 days in 12 months
|
Unpaid
|
Taken as separate days, but not in periods of less than one day. |
Notify as soon as reasonably possible |
|
Domestic Violence Leave
|
N/A |
All employees
|
5 days leave in 12 months
|
Paid by Klas
|
Part of a working day for domestic leave will be considered as one full day of entitlement
|
Notify as soon as reasonably possible |
|
Statutory Sick Leave |
13 weeks
|
All employees
|
5 days
|
Paid by Klas
|
Part of a working day for sick leave will be considered as one full day of entitlement
|
Notify as soon as reasonably possible
|
|
Maternity
Leave
|
N/A
|
Pregnant employee, given birth within 14 weeks Breastfeeding (within 104 weeks of birth) |
26 weeks and a further
16 weeks
|
Social welfare payments plus
top up by company if at least 2 years’ service
16 weeks unpaid by social welfare or Klas |
|
4 weeks’ notice
|
|
Adoptive Leave |
|
One parent of the adoptive couple, or a parent adopting alone |
24 weeks with an additional 16 weeks |
Social welfare payment
16 weeks unpaid by social welfare or Klas |
Leave commences on the date of placement for adopting mothers and sole male adopters
|
4 weeks’ notice
|