eLAPS bans lifted

The Federation has lifted the ban on e-LAPS.

The Teachers Federation has completed negotiations with the Department of Education who resolved to meet the following conditions.

• Where a principal does not endorse leave, the current right of appeal outside of the school will continue to be available. Information about this process will be electronically notified to teachers who choose to use e-LAPS.
• All medical certificates will be held off school sites at DET offices in Newcastle and Wollongong to protect teachers' privacy.
• Principals will be required to notify teachers in writing before they access teacher leave records either via e-LAPS or from the DET's leave section
• The use of e-LAPS is NOT mandated and teachers may continue to make paper lodgements of leave applications.
• A seven year restriction exists on a Principal's ability to access the historical leave records of their staff through e-LAPS.
• Delegated leave approvers will not be given access to leave records on e-LAPS.
• Principals will be reminded that to access a teacher's leave record is a breach of privacy unless it is done for bona fide management purposes.
• The next version of e-LAPS will include electronic flagging to show that a principal has accessed a leave record.

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