The following Guides and templates have been prepared to provide members with practical guidance on managing some of the most common workplace relations issues.
Guides and Templates
| Title | Contents | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Guide - Abandonment of Employment | This guide has been developed to help to manage situations where an employee has failed to attend for work without any contact or explanation for their absence. | Abandonment of Employment - Document Link |
| Guide - Cashing out Annual Leave | This guide provides practical guidance on how to cash out annual leave. | Cashing out Annual Leave - Document Link |
| Guide - Cashing out Long Service Leave | This guide provides practical guidance on how to cash out long service leave. | Cashing out Long Service Leave - Document Link |
| Guide – Casual Employees | The purpose of this guide is to clarify the different rules for engaging casual employees, based on whether they were employed before 26 August 2024, or from 26 August 2024. | |
| Guide – Directing an Employee to Take Excess Annual Leave | This guide provides employers with information on how to direct an employee with an excessive leave balance to take annual leave. | Directing an Employee (excess annual leave) - Document Link |
| Guide - Dismissing an Employee | This guide sets out the procedure for dismissing an employee. | Dismissing an Employee - Document Link |
| Guide - Granting Annual Leave in Advance | This guide has been developed to help employers to understand the steps involved in granting an employee annual leave in advance. | Guide - Granting Annual Leave in Advance – Document Link |
| Guide – Implementing a 9 Day Fortnight | This guide assists employers to implement a nine day fortnight in their workplace. | Implementing a 9 day Fortnight - Document Link |
| Guide – Managing Flexible Work Requests | The guide sets out how to manage flexible work requests | Managing Flexible Work Requests - Document Link |
| Guide – Minimum Period of Employment | This guide has been developed to help employers to understand the minimum period of employment and how this impacts on an employee’s ability to make an unfair dismissal claim. | Minimum Period of Employment – Document Link |
| Guide – Paying Above Award | This guide has been developed to help members to ensure that any above award payments which are made to employees who are covered by an Award can be offset against award entitlements such as overtime and penalty rates. | Paying Above Award - Document Link |
| Guide – Probation Periods | This guide has been developed to help members to understand how probation periods can be best used to manage employees. | Probation Periods - Document Link |
| Guide – Redundancy Process | This guide has been developed to help employers to understand the general steps involved in making an employee redundant. | Redundancy Process – Document Link |
| Guide – Requesting an Employee to Work on a Public Holiday | This Guide sets out the method by which employers should make a request to employees to work on a public holiday in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009. | Requesting an Employee to Work on a Public Holiday - Document Link |
| Guide - Right to Disconnect | The purpose of this guide is to provide employers with general guidance on how to respond to the employee, right to disconnect. | Right to Disconnect - Document Link |
| Guide – Tools for Managing Underperformance and Discipline | The aim of this guide is to provide an overview of the tools that are available to employers to address employee underperformance and behaviour. | Tools for Managing Underperformance and Discipline -Document Link |
| Guide – Unpaid Work Experience | This guide has been developed to help you to manage unpaid work experience. | Unpaid Work Experience – Document Link |
| Workplace Policies Template Pack (Federal) | This Guide provides information to enable the preparation of workplace policies in the federal system. | Workplace Policies Template Pack (Federal) - Document Link |
| Workplace Policies Template Pack (State) | This Guide provides information to enable the preparation of workplace policies in the federal system. | Workplace Policies Template Pack (State) - Document Link |
| Guide to Vehicle Salespersons Remuneration | The purpose of this guide is to provide general information to assist members to better understand a vehicle salesperson remuneration under the VRSR Award. | Vehicle Salespersons Remuneration |