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Once you find a job you’ll be offered an
Employment Agreement. All employers must offer
their workers either an individual or a
collective Employment Agreement written in
plain language.
This is an example of the Standard Employment
Agreement:
Main legal requirements
- minimum wages for employees aged 18 or
older
- minimum wages for employees aged 16 to
17
- the same rate for the same job for male
and female employees
- three weeks' paid annual leave after 12
months in the job
- 11 paid public holidays per year, when
these fall on days of the week when an
employee would otherwise work
- after six months' employment, five days
of sick leave for the next year
bereavement leave – three days on the death
of a close family member, or one day for
another person where your employer agrees
- parental leave – the rules around
parental leave are currently under review
(for up-to-date information contact the
Department of Labour's Employment
Relationship Service (ERS))
- leave for defence force volunteers
- after six months' employment
- five days of sick leave for the next
year
- three days' bereavement leave on the
death of a close family member, or one day
for another person where your employer
agrees
- 14 weeks' paid maternity leave and ten
days' unpaid special leave are available
after six months' continuous service with
the same employer if you have worked ten or
more hours per week
- 12 months' unpaid extended leave is
available after 12 months' continuous
service for paid parental leave, the maximum
payment is $372.12 per week (before tax)
- self-employed parents who have worked an
average of 10 hours per week for six months
or more are also eligible for 14 weeks' paid
parental leave.
For further information, free phone: 0800
800 863 or visit the
Department of Labour.
Employment agreements may also include
conditions relating to:
- duties and responsibilities
- the term of the agreement
- pay rates and basis for pay
- other payments
- pay day
- method of pay
- pay review
- hours of work
- holidays and other leave
- training
- health and safety
- consultation
- company policies/codes of conduct
- restraint of trade
- ending the agreement - resignation,
retirement and dismissal
- redundancy
- contract renewal price.
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