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A common provision in modern awards is where notice has been given by the employer to an employee, he or she must be allowed up to one day's time off with pay for the purpose of seeking other employment, at a time convenient to the employer. Read more

Minimum entitlement to redundancy or severance pay under the new National Employment Standards has been widened to include all fulltime and part-time employees (including award/agreement-free employees) employed by all companies that are not small businesses. Read more

Annual leave accrual is based on an employee's 'service' with the employer - 'service' in this context does not include any period of unpaid leave or authorised unpaid absence (except community service leave or a period of a stand-down) and any period of unauthorised absence, eg strike action Read more