Comments for Employment Law Practical Handbook http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com.au A lot of my clients have indicated that they are waiting for a simple labour law guide with all the answers in plain English explanations. With that in mind, we have developed The Employment Law Practical Handbook: a hands-on guide to labour law written in layman’s terms to help you protect your business and stay on the right side of the law. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:35:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Workplace Helpdesk by Law http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com.au/2008/08/04/workplace-helpdesk/comment-page-1/#comment-6516 Law Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:35:09 +0000 http://www.workplacehandbook.com.au/?p=96#comment-6516 Customer number 44058109 One of our staff members has taken this whole week of citing they are helping a family friend with an attempted suicide and they have stated they have a carer's leave certificate to submit when they come back to work. As I understand carer's leave only extends to immediate members of the family, a spouse or defacto. Are we obliged to pay him carer's leave or will he need to take the time he had off as annual leave or use his time in lieu? Thanks. Customer number 44058109

One of our staff members has taken this whole week of citing they are helping a family friend with an attempted suicide and they have stated they have a carer’s leave certificate to submit when they come back to work. As I understand carer’s leave only extends to immediate members of the family, a spouse or defacto. Are we obliged to pay him carer’s leave or will he need to take the time he had off as annual leave or use his time in lieu?

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Workplace Helpdesk by Law http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com.au/2008/08/04/workplace-helpdesk/comment-page-1/#comment-2988 Law Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:25:29 +0000 http://www.workplacehandbook.com.au/?p=96#comment-2988 Customer number 43541712 Law, To Helpdesk, Company closed for a couple of week during Christmas and New Year. - Employee doesn't have enough leave accumulated for this period. Would you still paid any leave loading in advance+wages if the person is on leave? -Employee doesn't want to take leave for these period. Do you still have to paid wages if it's not working? Employee is permanent part time. - Does employee can have, paid wages and not leave loading payment if he doesn't want take leave? Thanks and Regards Selvi email:nadaradjane_mireille@hotmail.com Customer number 43541712
Law,
To Helpdesk,
Company closed for a couple of week during Christmas and New Year.
- Employee doesn’t have enough leave accumulated for this period. Would you still paid any leave loading in advance+wages if the person is on leave?
-Employee doesn’t want to take leave for these period. Do you still have to paid wages if it’s not working? Employee is permanent part time.
- Does employee can have, paid wages and not leave loading payment if he doesn’t want take leave?

Thanks and Regards

Selvi
email:nadaradjane_mireille@hotmail.com

]]> Comment on Workplace Helpdesk by Law http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com.au/2008/08/04/workplace-helpdesk/comment-page-1/#comment-1467 Law Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:57:01 +0000 http://www.workplacehandbook.com.au/?p=96#comment-1467 please confirm if under the technical services and architects award if 16.1.2, can be interepreted as..... where staff are "let go/terminaed" due to lan employer lossing client contract, then they are not entitled to redunancy payments as the termindation is due to " ordinary and customery turnover". thankyou edemparkes@yahoo.com please confirm if under the technical services and architects award if 16.1.2, can be interepreted as…..
where staff are “let go/terminaed” due to lan employer lossing client contract, then they are not entitled to redunancy payments as the termindation is due to ” ordinary and customery turnover”.

thankyou

edemparkes@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on Workplace Helpdesk by Law http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com.au/2008/08/04/workplace-helpdesk/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Law Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:47:38 +0000 http://www.workplacehandbook.com.au/?p=96#comment-1222 Can you tell me please how may rostered days off we should be giving our servicemen? One day every 4 weeks or one day per calendar month? They work a 38 hour week, 8am to 4pm and we are not in the construction industry At present they are getting 12 per year. Regards Anita Can you tell me please how may rostered days off we should be giving our servicemen?

One day every 4 weeks or one day per calendar month?

They work a 38 hour week, 8am to 4pm and we are not in the construction industry

At present they are getting 12 per year.

Regards Anita

]]> Comment on Workplace Helpdesk by Law http://www.employmentlawhandbook.com.au/2008/08/04/workplace-helpdesk/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Law Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:17:57 +0000 http://www.workplacehandbook.com.au/?p=96#comment-698 I had an employee that changed roles from the call centre to a sales assistant role. She was given a payrise in her new role. To date, she has not performed well in her new role (over a period of 12 months) and has received written/verbal warnings as a result of her poor performance and worse attitude. The next step would be dismissal, but as we are always understaffed in the call centre, we were considering offering her that role back. The salary level in the call centre is lower than the rate she is currently receiving now. Are we able to do this? I had an employee that changed roles from the call centre to a sales assistant role. She was given a payrise in her new role. To date, she has not performed well in her new role (over a period of 12 months) and has received written/verbal warnings as a result of her poor performance and worse attitude. The next step would be dismissal, but as we are always understaffed in the call centre, we were considering offering her that role back. The salary level in the call centre is lower than the rate she is currently receiving now. Are we able to do this?

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