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  • 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
  • Employee or contractor?

    Contractors are not employees and as such are not covered by the same laws, rights and obligations as employees. Learn the difference between these 2 types of workers.

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    2. Starting employment
    3. Types of worker
    4. Employee or contractor?
    1. Types of worker
  • 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
  • About ethical and sustainable work practices

    Find out about ethical and sustainable work practices, including how to carry out social practice due diligence to address modern slavery and worker exploitation in businesses and supply chains.

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    2. Fair work practices
    3. Ethical and sustainable work practices
    4. About ethical and sustainable work practices
    1. Ethical and sustainable work practices
  • 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
  • Defence force volunteers

    An employer must let employees take leave to volunteer for certain types of service with the defence force. Employees taking this leave may be entitled to certain protections.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Defence force volunteers
    1. Leave and holidays
  • Casual employment

    Learn about casual employees and what entitlements they receive.

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    2. Starting employment
    3. Types of worker
    4. Casual employment
    1. Types of worker
  • Long service leave

    Employees can negotiate long-service leave and long-service leave benefits with their employer.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Other types of leave
    4. Long service leave
    1. Other types of leave
  • If you’re self-employed

    Find out about parental leave and parental leave payments when you’re self-employed.

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    2. Leave and holidays
    3. Parental leave
    4. If you’re self-employed
    1. Parental leave
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