Conditions applying in common to all trades and services staff

This Part shall apply in common to all trades and services staff except where otherwise expressly provided.

Section 2 - University and Staff Members' Duties, Employment Relationship and Related Arrangements

14. Fractional Appointment Scheme for Retirement Planning Purposes

Staff who wish to reduce their time commitment during the latter part of their careers at the University may wish to apply for the voluntary fractional Employment scheme detailed below.

14.1 Participation in the scheme is voluntary.

14.2 Staff are eligible to participate in the scheme when they are within five years or less of being eligible to receive a retirement benefit from their superannuation scheme. Staff need not be Full-time (1.0) to be eligible.

14.3 Fractional appointments are to be limited to fractions of not less than 0.3 and not more than 0.8 of Full-time.

14.4 Eligible staff members will transfer to a Fixed-term appointment with the University paying a subsidy to maintain any employer contributions to UniSuper (or equivalent State Superannuation provisions) at the rate applicable for the former substantive continuing appointment.

14.5 The staff member will make superannuation employee contributions at the level appropriate to his/her new fraction of appointment. The University will also provide a subsidy payment sufficient to ensure the retention of superannuation benefits appropriate to the former substantive continuing appointment.

14.6 The workload and pattern would be determined by the head of the administrative unit and approved by the head of the administrative group, according to a role and responsibilities, agreed between the Head and the staff member, appropriate to the fraction of Full-time appointment.

14.7 Further reductions in fraction, within the specified limits, may be agreed at any time, to a new fraction of not less than 0.3.

14.8 Annual leave, sick leave and long service leave will accrue at the new fractional rate with adjustment of entitlement to provide fully for prior service. The fraction of appointment may be adjusted for a period to facilitate clearing any excess annual and long service leave credits i.e. over 30 days and 109.2 days respectively.

14.9 Staff will transfer to a Fixed-term fractional contract of no greater than five years in length. Further Fixed-term contracts may follow.

14.10 The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Dean or equivalent, may approve a request for early retirement with supplementary payment based on an appropriate scheme being available and any benefit normally being determined against the former substantive appointment with the retirement benefit reduced by supplementary payments made under this scheme.