{"id":456,"date":"2020-08-05T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T07:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehorizongroup.com.au\/blog\/?p=456"},"modified":"2020-08-30T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T07:32:01","slug":"fair-work-changes-for-part-time-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehorizongroup.com.au\/blog\/fair-work-changes-for-part-time-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Work &#8211; changes for part-time employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Fair Work Ombudsman has updated the Fair Work Information Statement to reflect the recent High Court decision on personal\/carer\u2019s leave, namely that <strong>part-time employees accrue personal\/carer\u2019s leave on a pro rata basis.\u00a0<\/strong><br><br>As part of employer obligations under the Fair Work Act, every employer must give each new employee the Fair Work Information Statement before (or as soon as practicable after) the employee starts their employment. It provides employees covered by the Fair Work Act with information about their conditions of employment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color:#1a4e97\" class=\"has-inline-color\">What do I need to do?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Review your existing part-time employees contracts<\/li><li>Ensure you provide an updated Fair Work Information Statement to any new employees before, or as soon as practicable after, they start employment with you, and keep a written record of this\u00a0<\/li><li>There is no need to provide the below updated Fair Work Information Statement to existing employees, as you will have already issued a copy of the Fair Work Information Statement to them when they began employment with you<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thehorizongroup.com.au\/pdf\/Fair%20work%20statement%20Aug-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here &#8211; Fair Work Information Statement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thehorizongroup.com.au\/pdf\/Fair%20work%20Info%20Statement%20-%20confirmation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here &#8211; Fair Work Information Statement &#8211; employee confirmation<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color:#fb8b24\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Help!<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We have partnered with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/employsure.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Employsure<\/a> who help thousands of business with advice on employees and work health safety<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"color:#1a4e97\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Employsure offer clients of The Horizon Group FREE access to advice.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need assistance in this area please contact our office &amp; we will provide you with our unique code so you can contact Employsure directly for some FREE support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br>  <strong>Simple! 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