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NES That You Will Have to Comply With

If you are a national system employer, from 1 January 2010, there will be 10 National Employment Standards (or NES) that you will have to comply with. Each NES provides for minimum terms and conditions in the following areas:

  • maximum weekly hours;
  • requests for flexible working arrangements;
  • parental leave and related entitlements;
  • annual leave;
  • personal/carer’s leave and compassionate leave;
  • community service leave;
  • long service leave;
  • public holidays;
  • notice of termination and redundancy pay; and
  • the provision of the Fair Work Information Statement.

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By Charles Power posted November 12th 2009

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Helping You Assess an Employee’s Request for Flexible Working Arrangements

In this week’s Workplace Bulletin:

  • A checklist to help you assess an employee’s request for flexible working arrangements
  • Quick Tip of the Week: Access past Bulletins online for free!
  • Workplace Helpdesk Q and A: Can you ask an employee to take all their long service leave at once?
  • Workplace Wackies: Questionable employee excuses for being absent

Dear Reader,

You may recall from past Bulletins that come January 1 2010, many of your employees will have the right to request flexible working arrangements. And you will only have the right to refuse such a request on “reasonable business grounds”.

But don’t worry…

This handy checklist will help to steer you in the right direction when it comes time to decide whether to grant a request from an employee.

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By Claire Berry posted August 18th 2009

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Your Employees Will Soon Have the Legal Right to Request Flexible Work Practices!

In this week’s Workplace Bulletin:

  • Your employees will soon have the legal right to request flexible work practices!
  • Quick Tip of the Week: Flexible work arrangements can have a positive effect on your workplace!
  • Workplace Helpdesk Q and A: Informing employees of changes to their employment conditions

Dear Reader,

As you may or may not know, when the National Employment Standards (NES) come into effect on 1 January 2010, some employees will have a legal right to request flexible working arrangements.

Which employees will be able to make flexible work requests?

The employees that will have a legislated entitlement to request a change in their working arrangements under the NES are:

  • Employees who are parents or guardians of a child under school age
  • Employees who are parents or guardians of a disabled child up to 18 years of age

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By Claire Berry posted April 15th 2009

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