c39285b8_f_Absence_Policy_and_Procedure__4
[0] 3c Parental - Adoption or Surrogacy [1] An Employee with 12 months continuous service who assumes the principal role of providing care for a child born through adoption or who assumes the principal role of providing care for a child born through a surrogacy arrangement. For adoption, the child must be under the age of five. [2] 52 weeks leave of which 14 weeks unbroken leave are paid at normal salary. The 14 weeks paid leave will be taken at the time of placement of the child. [3] Statement must be provided from Adoption Agency or other appropriate body stating date of placement of child and that the Employee is to have custody of the child, and a statutory declaration stating the period of any adoption leave sought by the Employee's partner, and the Employee is seeking the leave to be the child's primary caregiver. An Employee is entitled to six weeks paid primary care-giver's leave to be taken immediately following adoption leave taken in relation to the child where they are the primary care-giver. An Employee who is entitled to access primary caregiver's leave for a child may access a total of a further six weeks of paid leave for the same child. This may be taken at a time agreed with the Employee's Supervisor, up to the second anniversary of the date of placement, or the child's fifth birthday, whichever is the sooner. There is an expectation that an Employee who accesses paid components of parental leave will return to the workplace for at least three months following the period of parental leave. The University may require any monies to be refunded should an Employee resign following the period of parental leave. [5] Written notice of any approval to adopt a child normally at least 10 weeks before the expected date of placement of the child. Absence Request Form indicating start and end dates, as soon as practicable after notification of the expected placement date but, in any case, at least 14 days before starting the leave. [6] Paper-based utilising Absence Request Form [4] 
Category 4 Delegate or above
Leave of Absence Policy and Procedure
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