Member Area Resources - COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Employment

  • NSW Changes to long service leave - The NSW Parliament has passed changes to long service leave, creating greater flexibility for employers and employees to access leave during the COVID-19 crisis. Find out more here.
     
  • Victorian Chamber of Comerce and Industry have released COVID-19 (Coronavirus) resourceson their website.
  • SOURCE: Law Squared via Australian Outdoor Business Owners Facebook Group

    An Australian company called Law Squared has released an open sourced Pandemic / Epidemic Policy and an Employment Guide.

    This Pandemic / Epidemic Policy outlines the strategies and actions that business can/should take to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases that are epidemics or pandemics, and control the transmission of infectious diseases when a case/s is identified.

    You can download the policy here: https://bit.ly/2w55Zxv (email required)

    The Employment Guide is to assist businesses in understanding the current case law and Fair Work position to ensure that they do not run into issues forcing staff to take leave without pay, or sick leave, particularly in circumstances whereby direction to stay at home comes from the business without a team member testing positive to COVID-19 or feeling unwell.

    You can download the guide here: https://hubs.ly/H0nvnSZ0 (it's a PDF, no email required).