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  • Employer’s approach to ethical and sustainable work practices

    Information for employers to help you ensure you treat employees lawfully and fairly.

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    3. Ethical and sustainable work practices
    4. Employers
    1. Ethical and sustainable work practices
  • Transferring a public holiday

    An employer and employee can make an agreement to transfer an entire public holiday so that it is observed on another day.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Public holidays
    4. Transferring a public holiday
    1. Public holidays
  • When a public holiday falls on a weekend

    When a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, an employee’s public holiday may be moved to the following Monday – or in some cases Tuesday.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Public holidays
    4. When a public holiday falls on a weekend
    1. Public holidays
  • Taking parental leave

    If you’re having a baby or becoming the primary carer of a child under the age of 6, and you meet the work requirements, you can take unpaid parental leave from your job. You may also be able to get p...

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Parental leave
    4. Taking parental leave
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  • Managing bereavement leave

    Bereavement leave can be taken at any time and for any purpose relating to the bereavement. It does not have to be taken straightaway or on consecutive days.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Bereavement leave
    4. Managing bereavement leave
    1. Bereavement leave
  • Managing annual holidays

    An employer must give their employees at least 4 weeks paid annual holidays (annual leave) – and keep accurate records of what employees are entitled to and have taken.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Annual holidays
    4. Managing annual holidays
    1. Annual holidays
  • Record-keeping

    Employers must keep complete and accurate records of wages, time, leave and other details. Read about what you need to do to comply with the rules around records.

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    2. Starting employment
    3. Rights and responsibilities
    4. Record-keeping
    1. Rights and responsibilities
  • Managing sick leave

    Eligible employees are entitled to 10 days of paid sick leave each year to care for themselves, their partners and children, or other dependants.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Sick leave
    4. Managing sick leave
    1. Sick leave
  • Payslips

    If employees do not get a payslip or it does not have enough information, they can ask their employer for the information they want.

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    2. Pay and hours
    3. Pay and wages
    4. Payslips
    1. Pay and wages
  • Public holidays and anniversary dates

    Employees have minimum rights that apply to public holidays.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Public holidays
    4. Public holidays and anniversary dates
    1. Public holidays
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