FAMILIES AND PETS
Our team is an important part of our law practice, which is why we’re proud to have leave policies that go beyond the minimum standards and requirements.
Parental Leave and Pet Emergency Leave at Sharrock Pitman Legal
We provide support for team members who are growing their family. And we recognise that pets are an important part of our families too!
Below are some of the key features of our Parental Leave and Pet Emergency Leave policies (note that these are summaries only and are subject to applicable criteria being met).
Parental Leave and Pet Emergency Leave at Sharrock Pitman Legal
Parental Leave that Values You and Your Family
Growing your family shouldn't mean putting your career on hold
- 26 weeks at full pay for Primary Carers - we top up any Government Parental Leave Pay so you receive 100% of your base salary, or you can elect 52 weeks at half pay.
- 4 weeks at full pay for Supporting Parents - can be used flexibly within 12 months of the birth or placement, in agreed blocks.
- Your career is protected - no one will be disadvantaged in their career progression for taking parentalleave or requesting a reasonable return-to-work arrangement.
- Reproductive-health support - we may approve the use of personal leave for IVF and fertility treatment, adoption, surrogacy or fostering requirements, pregnancy loss, stillbirth or infant death, even where the statutory criteria aren't met.
- Your super keeps growing - employer contributions are paid on your salary during firm-funded leave and are not reduced by the Government's super contribution. For Primary Carers, super continues through unpaid parental leave too (up to 12 months in total).
- Leave keeps accruing - annual and personal leave continue to accrue during firm-funded paid leave.
- Every family is included - birth, adoption, surrogacy and eligible long-terem forster care, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or family structure.
- A supported return to work - a formal return-to-work discusssion with genuine consideration of phased returns, part-time work, adjusted hours, hybrid work and lactation breaks or facilities, plus up to 10 voluntary Keeping in Touch days.
Parental Leave that Values You and Your Family
How we compare with the Government minimum
What it could mean for you
For example, a full-time Primary Carer on a base salary of $100,000 who takes 26 weeks of leave would receive at most about $26,122 (gross) under the Government scheme alone. Under our Policy, they would receive $50,000 (gross) - nearly $24,000 more - plus around $6,000 in employer superannuation (at the 12% Superannuation Guarantee rate), in addition to any Government super contribution paid by the ATO.
Becaus pets are family too
We recognise that pets are an important part of many of ourfamilies, and that urgent situations can arise without warning. Our Pet Emergency and Bereavement Leave Policy means that an unexpected pet emergency,necessary euthanasia or the loss of a pet can be treated as a personal leaveevent, so you can be there when it matters without having to take annual leave.
Key features
In all we say and do as a law practice, you can be assured that we will always be:
For example, a full-time Primary Carer on a base salary of $100,000 who takes 26 weeks of leave would receive at most about $26,122 (gross) under the Government scheme alone. Under our Policy, they would receive $50,000 (gross) - nearly $24,000 more - plus around $6,000 in employer superannuation (at the 12% Superannuation Guarantee rate), in addition to any Government super contribution paid by the ATO.
Pet Emergency & Bereavement Leave
We recognise that pets are an important part of many of our families, and that urgent situations can arise without warning. Our Pet Emergency and Bereavement Leave Policy means that an unexpected pet emergency, necessary euthanasia or the loss of a pet can be treated as a personal leave event, so you can be there when it matters without having to take annual leave.
Key features
- Personal leave, not annual leave - approved pet emergency and bereavement absences can be treated as personalleave, so you don’t need to use your annual leave.·
- Flexible - leave can be taken as a fullday, a half day or, with approval, a shorter period.·
- Draws on your existing personal leave - approved leave counts against your existing personal leave entitlement.
When leave may be approved
Personal leave may be approved where your presence is reasonably required because your pet:
- suffers an unexpected serious illness or injury requiring urgent veterinary assessment or treatment;
- needs urgent euthanasia, as recommended or performed by a veterinary practitioner;
- needs to be cared for or observed at home and cannot be left alone;
- has died, and you reasonably need time to make arrangements or manage the immediate effects of bereavement;
- is involved in another exceptional pet-relatedcircumstance that we approve.
About Sharrock Pitman Legal
Since 1967, Sharrock Pitman Legal has made a significant and long term contribution to meeting the legal needs of business owners and residents in the City of Monash and the greater Melbourne area.
About Sharrock Pitman Legal
Since 1967, Sharrock Pitman Legal has made a significant and long term contribution to meeting the legal needs of business owners and residents in the City of Monash and the greater Melbourne area.
Meet our team
Sharrock Pitman Legal is a high performance law practice, totally focused on exceeding your expectations with service, skills and solutions second to none.
