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Section : National Employment Standards
Domain : Human Resource Management
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Most people working in Australia are covered by the National Employment Standards. The NES apply to all employees covered by the national workplace relations system regardless of the award, agreement or contract of employment that applies to an employee. The NES ensure that you have certain minimum conditions of employment. These minimum conditions cannot be reduced. There are minimum workplace entitlements under the NES:
- a maximum standard working week of 38 hours for full-time employees, plus 'reasonable' additional hours
- a right for certain employees to request flexible working arrangements (such as changes in hours of work) from their employer
- parental and adoption leave of 12 months (unpaid), with a right to request an additional 12 months
- 4 weeks of paid annual leave each year plus an additional week for certain shiftworkers (pro rata for part-time employees)
- 10 days of paid sick and carer's leave each year (pro rata for part-time employees), 2 days of paid compassionate leave for each permissible occasion and 2 days of unpaid carer's leave for each permissible occasion
- 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave each year