Easily manage employment in Australia

Salaried employees in Australia are entitled to four weeks of paid annual leave each year. Shift workers receive an additional week of paid leave, for a total of five weeks per year.

Employees in Australia are entitled to maternity leave, but maternity leave pay (from the Australian government) and maternity leave from work (in which the employee’s job remains theirs) are two different things.Employees in Australia may take up to two years of unpaid parental leave, broken into two 12-month periods. The employee must request the second period in advance if desired. This leave may be used by either parent. Employee parents also have a legislated right to return to their old job.From 1 July 2023, partnered couples can claim up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave between them. Parents who are single at the time of their claim can access the full 20 weeks. The former Paternity and Partner Pay entitlement has been removed. The additional 2 weeks’ pay has been combined with the existing entitlement to 18 weeks Parental Leave Pay.To be eligible for any parental leave in Australia, the employee must have worked for the company for at least 12 months. However, employees who have taken parental leave don't have to register another 12 months of work before they can access parental leave for another child with that same employer.

- Jury duty leave: Both full-time and part-time employees are entitled to 'make-up pay' for the first 10 days of jury duty. Make-up pay is the difference between the jury duty payment the employee receives (excluding expenses) from the state government and the employee's base pay rate for the ordinary hours they would have worked.- Personal leave: Employees in Australia receive 10 days of personal leave per year, which also covers sick leave. Employees may also take unpaid leave in two-day increments in cases of family emergencies.- Compassionate leave: All employees have access to two days of bereavement leave (fully paid for full-time and part-time workers) if an immediate family or household member dies or suffers a life threatening illness or injury.- Long service leave: Australian employees are entitled to long service leave after a significant period working for the same employer. Long service leave laws are determined by each state or territory. These laws outline how long an employee has to be working with the same employer to trigger long service leave and how much leave is acquired.- Family & domestic violence leave: All employees (including part-time and casual employees) are entitled to 10 days unpaid family leave each year in the event of abuse inflicted by an employee’s close relative.