Posts: entitlements

Section 114 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) provides an entitlement for an employee to be absent from their employment on a public holiday. This section also provides that an employer may ask an employee to work on a public holiday, but that the employee may refuse the request under certain circumstances.

In NSW, employees are entitled to long service leave after 10 years of continuous service with their employer. A recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal has redefined the entitlement to long service leave in circumstances where part of their service has been completed outside of NSW.

The entitlement to family and domestic violence leave in the National Employment Standards of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) will be updated next year following the Federal Government’s passage of the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022.

The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia recently handed down a decision that is likely to have significant impacts on the accrual and taking of personal/carer’s leave, not to mention the management of the entitlement by employers.