Flexibility measures for employees and Newsagents to access long service leave entitlements that were implemented in response to COVID-19 will be made permanent, the New South Wales government has announced. The amendments to the Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW) in response to COVID-19 included:
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NANA has previously advised Members that it has been active in pursuing Members of the NSW Parliament over essential changes to Workers Compensation legislation which address the negative presumption of COVID-19 infection which was introduced by the Greens early in the pandemic. Whilst NANA received undertakings from cross bench parliamentarians in the Upper House to […]
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Christmas and New Year 2021/2022 will see an expanded list of public holidays across both the ACT and NSW due to Christmas, Boxing and New Years Days falling on weekends. In both jurisdictions when public holidays fall on weekend days, an additional day (Monday to Friday) is normally added. The Christmas/New Year public holidays in […]
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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is conducting a review of entitlements to family and domestic violence leave in modern awards. As a part of this review, the FWC is also considering a claim advanced by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), that all modern awards be varied to include a new clause that provides […]
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NANA recently advised Members to ensure they were provisioning accrued long service leave entitlements as a claim for long service leave and the costs involved can come as a shock if employers haven’t put money away to cover accrued entitlements. Two important areas of long service leave entitlement often overlooked by Newsagents are entitlements due […]
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We reported last week that under changes made to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 that covers NSW, an employee who contracts COVID-19 in certain proscribed industries is assumed to have become infected in the workplace and the onus of proving otherwise falls on the employer and their workers compensation insurer. Retail is one of the […]
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NANA has previously reported that it had taken a leading position in a matter before the Fair Work Commission involving the minimum period of engagement for casual employees and the minimum payment required should a casual employee absent themselves from work before the standard three hours work on any day had been completed.
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Under changes made to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 that covers NSW, an employee who contracts COVID -19 in certain proscribed industries is assumed to have become infected in the workplace and the onus of proving otherwise falls on the employer and their workers compensation insurer. Retail is one of the sectors where the presumption […]
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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is conducting a review of entitlements to family and domestic violence leave in modern awards. As a part of this review, the FWC is also considering a claim advanced by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), that all modern awards be varied to include a new clause that provides […]
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NANA regularly works with Members to assess the accumulation of leave entitlements for part and full time employees. We also work with Members when it comes to casual employees and long service leave.
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