BusNSW Employee Relations Manual Templates

Section 2 – Recruitment

Documenting the terms and conditions of a person’s employment can help avoid problems down the track. Templates for the recruitment records you should keep for new employees are provided here.

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Section 3 – Types of Employment

Employees can be engaged either as full-time employees, part-time employees, or as casual employees. Casual employees also have the right to request conversion to permanent employment. The templates in this Chapter can assist employers here.

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Section 5 – Overtime

Anything beyond a permanent employee’s ordinary hours of work is considered overtime. Instead of overtime payment, an employee may elect for time off in lieu. This template will assist in this regard.

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Section 7 – Long Service Leave

If an employee is dismissed from employment and then re-hired, their Long Service Leave may continue unbroken. The templates in this Chapter, including leave forms, resignation and dismissal letters, can help protect against this.

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Section 8 – Annual Leave

In some circumstances, employees can cash out annual leave, take annual leave in advance and the employer can direct an employee to take excess annual leave. Templates in this section can assist with this.

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Section 9 – Parental Leave & Flexible Work

Parental Leave and Flexible Work There are two types of parental leave: paid parental leave and unpaid parental leave. This section provides a Leave Form which can be used for parental and other types of leave.

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Section 12- Disciplining & Dismissing Employees

Disciplining and dismissing an employee for poor performance or conduct is a difficult task. These warning letters and other templates will assist you to manage performance issues in a staged and legal manner, and so reduce the risk of a successful unfair dismissal claim.

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Section 13 – When an Employee Finishes Employment

These templates assist with circumstances, other than dismissal, where an employee’s employment finishes, including resignation and redundancy.

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