The Fair Work Ombudsman has put out a media release with information for employers and businesses about how to approach shutting down their business over Christmas and New Years.
The two page media release answers frequently asked questions from employers and businesses such as having to pay employees during the shutdown, whether to tell their employees to take their annual leave during the shutdown, what to do if an employee doesn’t have enough annual leave to cover the shut down period and what happens if a public holiday falls during an employees’ annual leave.
The online version of the media release also contains links to other resources such as Awards, a list of public holidays, information on not working on public holidays and directing an employee to take annual leave. The Fair Work Ombudsman also has released an info page as part of its December newsletter–5 things you should know about public holidays, which is also handy for the Christmas New Year shutdown.
The media release can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF. The media release can be found here.
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