So many changes! Are you compliant? The last 12 months has been a big one in the employment law and relations space with more changes set to come into effect on the 1st March 2020. It wouldn’t be hard to have missed one or two changes. Unfortunately, missing just one change could mean that you are breaching your obligations as an employer and the Fair Work Act (Cth) which could result in a underpayments claim and/or severe penalties being applied to you and your business. At HR Maximised, we understand that its hard to keep up so we’ve developed a free HR Audit tool to assist you in assessing your compliance with the Fair Work Act (Cth) and highlighting areas that require attention. Once you’ve completed the Audit we’ll send you a report that explains your obligations and what’s the risk of not meeting those obligations.
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So what’s changed? Part time employees get the full 10 days personal leave A Full Federal Court decision handed down on 21 August 2019 turned the long held belief and practice of part time employees receiving a pro-rata of the full time personal leave entitlement on its head. The Court determined that part time employees are entitled to receive the full ten days personal leave regardless of how many days or hours they work. Whilst the decision is currently being appealed, its important that employers are aware that currently as it stands their part time employees are entitled to 10 full days of personal leave a year.
