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Started Dec 01 2012, 04:43
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Dec 01 2012, 04:43
Under conditions of employment, Australian full-time workers generally expect to have:
• A maximum of 38 ordinary hours of work per week plus reasonable additional hours;
• 4 weeks of paid annual leave per year (with an additional week for shift workers);
• 10 days paid personal / carer’s leave per year;
• 52 weeks of unpaid parental leave (with some workplaces providing paid parental leave);
• Government funded 18 weeks paid parental leave on the minimum wage for 18 weeks;
• Long Service Leave;
• Community Service leave;
• The right to request flexible working arrangements for those employees with the responsibility of caring for a child;
• Notice of termination and redundancy pay;
• Payment for public holidays at base rates of pay, when they occur on an employee’s normal working day; and
• A Fair Work Information Statement provided to new employees.
In Australia, employers have a number of obligations to their employees, including to:
• Cover record-keeping and payslip requirements;
• Pay correct wages, penalties and loadings from the correct Industrial Instrument (modern award or enterprise agreement) or National Minimum Wage Order;
• Reimburse employees for work-related expenses;
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