New Employment Agreements for 2021 | |
A new version of the ECC has been developed following changes in legislation, case law and best practices. Our in-house legal team has modified our Individual Employment Agreements to accommodate these changes and provide the best protection for business owners.
The Updates
Legal content changes
- Sick Leave
- Minimum wage
- Rest and Meal Breaks
- Domestic Violence Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- Pandemics
- Force Majeure
- Employee Protection Provision
- Vulnerable Employee definition
- Privacy Act
- Confidentiality clauses
- "Rain offs" - natural disasters
Functionality changes
- Personal Terms Schedule Wizard
- Job Descriptions Builder
- Updated letters
- Online Electronic signing of Agreements
The Labour Government has come through on a lot of their promisies around increasing minimum standards for employees in the last couple of years despite the pandemic. Much has changed legislatively, in case law, and in our recommended best business practices.
Ensure you are using the latest Employment Agreement templates, not free ones from the Government, but ones designed by Employers for Employers.
Minimum prescriptive standards for rest and meal breaks are:
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Rest Break
10 mins paid
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Meal break
30 mins unpaid
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Rest Break
10 mins paid
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2 –4 hours:
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In the middle
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4 –6 hours:
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Rest period 1/3 through
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meal 2/3 through
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6 –8 hours:
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First rest period half way between start and meal.
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Meal –half way through work period.
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Second rest period half way between meal and end.
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8 hours:
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Repeat the above pattern
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Job Descriptions Builder
In addition to the database of Job Descriptions there is now also a template builder to assist the user in building their own. The builder provides a structured framework guiding the user through the common elements to a job description and stores your documents for use with your Agreements or you can download to MS Word®.
New and updated Letters
Letters of offer and confirmation of employment now have options for conditional offers, ie. to make offers of employment based upon a candidate attaining/acheiving certain criteria. There is also a new Industry Training Bond as well as a standard training bond agreement to be used if the Employer wishes to bond an Employee to re-payments if they resign after the company pays for certain industry training or qualifications.
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