What Does Fewer IR Awards Mean For Your Business?
. It is important that you as an employer are aware of your obligations and are using the appropriate new modern award.
Although there have been many changes with the potential to affect a lot of businesses, some industries have not been drastically affected. However, in other business areas, employers have become subject to additional costs and have had to make significant changes. For instance, some shopkeepers have become subject to higher Sunday penalty rates and higher casual wages.
There are 10 National Employment Standards (NES) which all business owners, whether previously covered by a federal award or a NSW state award, need to be aware of and be complying with.
Maximum weekly hours of work 38 hours per week, plus reasonable additional hours.
Requests for flexible working arrangements allows parents or carers of a child under school age or of a child under 18 with a disability, to request a change in working arrangements to assist with the child's care.
Parental leave and related entitlements up to 12 months unpaid leave for every employee, plus a right to request an additional 12 months unpaid leave, plus other forms of maternity, paternity and adoption related leave.
Annual leave 4 weeks paid leave per year, plus an additional week for certain shift workers.
Personal/carer's leave and compassionate leave 10 days paid personal/carer's leave, two days unpaid carer's leave as required, and two days compassionate leave (unpaid for casuals) as required.
Community service leave unpaid leave for voluntary emergency activities and leave for jury service, with an entitlement to be paid for up to 10 days for jury service.
Long service leave a transitional entitlement for certain employees who had certain LSL entitlements before 1/1/10 pending the development of a uniform national long service leave standard.
Public holidays a paid day off on a public holiday, except where reasonably requested to work.
Notice of termination and redundancy pay up to 4 weeks notice of termination (5 weeks if the employee is over 45 and has at least 2 years of continuous service) and up to 16 weeks redundancy pay, both based on length of service.
Provision of a Fair Work Information Statement employers must provide this statement to all new employees.
With the new award rules legally in place it is vital to ensure your business is not in breach of its legal obligations. Due to the complexity of the transition to the modern IR awards, even the most well intentioned employers can be charged up to $33,000 for each employee per pay period for an inadvertent breach. Workplace inspectors will be educating and enforcing the compliance of many small businesses.
What Does Fewer IR Awards Mean For Your Business?
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