• Get the basics right overview
• Pay
  • Annual holiday pay for casual workers
  • Calculating annual holiday pay
• Holidays and leave
  • Annual holidays
  • Public holidays
  • Paying public holidays correctly
  • Employees ‘on call’ on public holidays
  • Sick leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Parental leave
• Breaks
• Provide a safe and healthy workplace

Get the basics right

There are minimum legal requirements for pay, holidays, breaks and workplace safety that you need to know. Keeping good records of time worked, pay, leave, training and accidents is essential to getting the basics right.

This section takes you through the steps of:

• Checking minimum pay rates and how to pay staff for holidays and leave
• Understanding the different types of leave and time off entitlements
• Providing adequate breaks for staff, including those feeding infants at work
• Ensuring you protect the health and safety of your employees