Unit 2 AOS 3

Question 1

6.10

What are the National Employment Standards (NES)?

Answer 1

set of minimum standards for employment

Question 2

6.10

List the National Employment Standards (NES).

Answer 2

1. Hours of work
2. Parental leave
3. Offers and requests to convert from casual to permanent employment
4. Flexible working arrangements
5. Annual leave
6. Personal/career’s leave, compassionate leave and family and domestic leave
7. Community service leave
8. Long service leave
9. Public holidays
10. Notice and redundancy pay

Question 3

6.10

What is ‘Hours of work’?

National Employment Standards

Answer 3

• Employer must not request/require an employee to work more than 38 hours in a week.
• Unless additional hours are reasonable and the special provision of penalty rates is applied.
• Employees have right to decline additional hours.

Question 4

6.10

What is ‘Parental leave’?

National Employment Standards

Answer 4

• Employees are entitled to 12 months unpaid parental leave in relation to the birth or adoption of a child.
• Parental leave provisions include birth-related and adoption-related leave and recognize some sex de factor relationships.

Question 5

6.10

What is ‘Offers and requests to convert from casual to permanent employment’?

National Employment Standards

Answer 5

• Employment Standards (NES) provide casual employees with casual conversion.
• This means that casual employees who have worked for their employer for 12 months need to be offered the option to convert to full-time or part-time (permanent) employment by their employer.

Question 6

6.10

What is ‘Flexible working arrangements’?

National Employment Standards

Answer 6

• An employee may request a change in their working arrangements from their employer if they require flexibility because they are a parent/care for child of school age or younger.
• Also applies to carers, people who have a disability, those who are 55+, are experiencing domestic violence or are supporting a victim of domestic violence.
• Flexible working arrangements include reduced hours, different start and finish times or home-working arrangements.

Question 7

6.10

What is ‘Annual leave’?

National Employment Standards

Answer 7

• 4 weeks, with part-time employees entitled to a pro rata amount.
• Casual employees are not entitled to annual leave.