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  • Pay for sick, bereavement and family violence leave

    Employees can get paid time off for personal needs if they meet certain criteria. Learn how to work out payments for employees on leave.

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    3. Pay and wages
    4. Holidays and leave pay
    5. Pay for sick, bereavement and family violence leave
    1. Holidays and leave pay
  • Calculating holiday and leave pay

    How to calculate gross earnings, relevant daily pay and average daily pay for holiday and leave payments.

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    2. Pay and hours
    3. Pay and wages
    4. Holidays and leave pay
    5. Calculating holiday and leave pay
    1. Holidays and leave pay
  • Auditing compliance with employment standards

    Information about how to audit compliance with employment st andards.

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    2. Fair work practices
    3. Ethical and sustainable work practices
    4. Auditors
    1. Ethical and sustainable work practices
  • Taking annual holidays

    You are entitled to at least 4 weeks of paid annual holidays (annual leave) when you have worked for your employer for 12 months.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Annual holidays
    4. Taking annual holidays
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  • Primary carer leave

    Leave for primary carers is available to employees who are primary carer of a child. They may also be eligible for parental leave payments while on primary carer leave.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Parental leave
    4. Types of parental leave
    5. Primary carer leave
    1. Types of parental leave
  • Covering parental leave and employees returning to work

    You must keep an employee’s job open for them while they’re on parental leave, unless it’s a key position in your business, or the role becomes redundant.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Parental leave
    4. Managing parental leave as an employer
    5. Covering parental leave and employees returning to work
    1. Managing parental leave as an employer
  • Creating an employment agreement

    You must give every employee a written employment agreement, making it clear what is expected from them and what they’re entitled to while working for you.

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    2. Starting employment
    3. Employment agreements
    4. Creating an employment agreement
    1. Employment agreements
  • Public holidays rights for employees

    An employee is entitled to a paid day off if a public holiday falls on a day they would otherwise be working.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Public holidays
    4. Public holidays rights for employees
    1. Public holidays
  • Managing public holidays as an employer

    Your employees are entitled to a paid day off if a public holiday falls on a normal working day for them.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Public holidays
    4. Managing public holidays as an employer
    1. Public holidays
  • Requesting parental leave

    Before you take parental leave, you’ll need to discuss your plans with your employer and put them in writing.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Parental leave
    4. Taking parental leave
    5. Requesting parental leave
    1. Taking parental leave
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