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Christmas shut-downs, public holidays and pay rates

As the Christmas season approaches, there is the added stress for employers, big or small, around managing your workforce, holiday expectations of employees, shut-downs and pay-rates for public holidays.

It is crucial you have a solid human resources strategy around managing:

  • Rosters and annual leave requests

  • Casual staff and time off

  • Possible business shut-down

  • Public holidays and pay rates

  • As a quick run-down,

  • Employees (casual, full-time or part-time) get penalty rates for working on public holidays, unless they are on a fixed salary that already builds in penalty rates;

  • You can shut-down a business, requiring employees to take annual leave, with notice. You should, however, consider the impact this may have on those employees with not enough paid leave to cover the shut-down;

  • Casual staff may also request “time off”. And you should prepare your recruitment strategy in case some staff don’t come back post holidays;

  • If you have extended rosters due to busier-than-usual working hours, please ensure that you do not exceed safety standards with working hours and pay overtime when it is due.

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The complexities of managing a workforce, and paying a workforce, correctly during the holidays doesn’t stop for Santa and his elves, so contact HR Unplugged on mel@hrunplugged.com.au or 0424 995 502 for assistance!

You may need a lot of help, or just a little guidance – whatever you need, we can tailor to help!

 
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