End-of-year checklist for employers

There are some key workplace rules and obligations to be aware of during the end-of-year period. Here’s a checklist to help you stay across them:

• Provide the required notice if directing employees to take annual leave during a shutdown period.
• Get familiar with the rules relating to annual leave requests. Remember, annual leave requests can only be refused if it’s reasonable to do so.
• Ensure your payroll system accounts for public holidays that fall during employee leave, so that leave is not incorrectly deducted.
• Check that any upcoming or planned overtime requests are reasonable and what overtime rates apply (if any).
• Communicate to employees if pay day will be impacted by a public holiday.
• Get Christmas casual hiring right, understand rates have changed from this time last year and best practice for hiring young workers

Get more info about rules and entitlements during the end-of-year period.