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LEAVE - All about leave
29 May 2009
When you begin to work for an organisation as a permanent part-time, full-time or contract worker, you become eligible for certain types of leave.
The amount of leave you will receive will depend on the job you have, but there are a number of minimum leave entitlements you’ll be entitled to.
Under the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard, all employees except casuals are entitled to a minimum of:
- Four weeks paid annual leave per year, and five weeks for some shift workers
- 10 days paid personal leave (including sick leave and carer’s leave)
- 52 weeks of unpaid parental leave (including maternity, paternity and adoption leave).
At the time of leave, the employee will be paid the basic rate of pay.
Annual Leave (also called recreation leave or holiday leave)Full time employees are entitled to four weeks paid leave each year. The leave entitlement is accumulated as you go along. For example if an employee leaves a job after six months, they should have earned two weeks leave (and be paid for it.)
An employee may take annual leave when: - The employee has accumulated the amount of time they want to take
- The employer agrees to the time taken in advance
The employer may tell an employee to take leave when:
- The business is in a shut-down period, such as over Christmas
- The employee has accrued a lot of leave time
RELATED WORKSITE LINKS LEAVE - Family Leave
LEAVE - Personal leave
LEAVE - Public holiday
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