Education and Child Development Department Employees

In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (15 November 2016).

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills): I have been advised:

The Department for Education and Child Development will be making the necessary system changes to allow for the accrual of long service leave for teachers who perform emergency relief work. This is in line with the legislative requirements pertaining to long service leave accrual for South Australian government employees.

As a result of the changes a teacher who performs an emergency relief day will now accrue long service leave entitlement rather than the 2.5 per cent loading.