(business, Australia, New Zealand) An additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer.
www.9news.com.au/national/mel... Stood down on full pay, annual leave, long service leave and superannuation continues to accrue. Nothing to stop them from taking other work! What a great deal!
It's a complete misrepresentation of the definition of sick leave. By that definition annual leave and long service leave are also "income support" and a burden on the tax payer, and we know that's complete horseshit.
(business, Australia, New Zealand) An additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer.
“www.9news.com.au/national/mel... Stood down on full pay, annual leave, long service leave and superannuation continues to accrue. Nothing to stop them from taking other work! What a great deal!”
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(UK) A period of paid leave before termination of employment, often including non-compete contract clauses.
A leave of absence or vacation.
(British) Money paid to an employee on sick leave.
Paid time off. Workplace shorthand for vacation, sick or personal days that an employee is paid for. Often used as a verb in casual office speech ("I'm PTO-ing Friday"). The term is dominant in US corporate culture; UK and European workers more often say "annual leave" or "holiday".
“It's a complete misrepresentation of the definition of sick leave. By that definition annual leave and long service leave are also "income support" and a burden on the tax payer, and we know that's complete horseshit.”
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(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.