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I think LWOP is just as inflicting to the employer as to the employee.

Basically you have now have a vacant position which you can't cover for. No worker, no salary, no productivity, with a leave...

In addition to the above comment, companies generally have a policy on Leave without Pay, which ensures employees have exhausted all forms of leave (personal and annual) before taking leave without...

1. No you cannot state that employees annual leave must be cleared by December 31 each year because this would not be reasonable. (refer to end*)

2. Generally accrued leave over 8 weeks can be...

Frustration of contract should only be used for cases of death as far as I know. I'd leave that one untouched.

Crazy!

Thanks all.

It's the employees base rate of pay for hir or her ordinary hours of work.

If you are working 40 hrs per week, you get 'x' number of weeks * 40hrs @ your base rate of pay.

Similarly, if you...

I don't see anything wrong with their intentions. They did what you requested on both occasions. Admittedly not the correct process, but I am guessing they are not HR specialists.

I am also sure...

It really depends on the industry and the policies in place.

A highly customer focused business which is running quite lean may see taking an extra 10 mins for a break while cusomters are waiting...

It does help thanks. I have a problem with it though.

It leaves returning parents quite vulnerable to wiley employers, who can take full advantage of this. Instead of paying a full redundancy...

I was hoping to get a bit more than "What do you think?"

If I knew, I would have opened the thread with my idea... of which I have none to answer your question.

Hey all.

Can anybody shed some light on redundancy calculations for an employee who is currently working part-time, but has previously worked full-time for 95% of their employment?

Scenario:
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Great write up.

Do you have a blog somewhere so all this good information doesn't get lost into forum-limbo?

You can get a lot of good information (including Live Chat) off the Fair Work Ombudsman website
Parental leave - Leave - Fair Work Ombudsman

including "Best Practices" for Parental Leave. Work &...

If the company wanted to provide the extra incentive, it would be best just to extend annual leave and not label it something else that could cause argument... unless EVERYBODY in the business was...

Employee is eligible for Parental Leave as long as the employee has been working for the business for at least 12 months prior to taking the 12 months parental leave.

The Government of Australia provides Paid Parental Leave, outside of the Fair Work Act.

They generally require this payment to be done through the employer payroll, and then they reimburse.

Elaine what type of professionals will you be hiring?

They may be covered under an "Award", which prescribes certain working conditions under legislation. Some awards allow for sick leave to be...

Does HK support same sex marriage?

I would be cautious that this could raise discrimination concerns (as same sex marriage is not legal in Australia)

Hi Elaine

Most company's align their annual leave policy to that which is prescripted in the National Employment Standards in the Fair Work Act.

Anything above that is up to the descretion of...

This was the case at my workplace when I started the new job mid last year.

We were paying some of our apprentices below the minimum wage rates according to the modern award following recent...

pays to have 'quality' IR consultants :)

Thanks for the updates. I keep tuning back in to follow the progress.

This is dependant on whether you have a registered Collective Agreement in place.

Remember that an ECA will over-ride all terms and conditions of a Modern Award (except for Minimum Wage rates)

Hi UPO

Not aware of any law regarding signing of timesheets.

This is usually a well written company policy.

How long has this casual employee been working with you? They see problematic....

The entitlements which benefit the employee more are the ones which are in effect.

For example if the NES entitles 4 weeks annual leave, and the award entitles 6 weeks annual leave, then provided...

Have you received a notice of termination along with your redundancy calculations? How long was it before the offer was revoked?

Generally industrial courts and tribunals will not allow the...