1. Awards, agreements and the National Employment Standards

1. Do you know if an enterprise agreement or other registered agreement applies to your business?
   Yes Unsure/No
2. Do you know the award(s) that apply to your business?
   Yes Unsure/No
3. Do you know about the National Employment Standards (NES)?
   Yes Unsure/No
4. Do you understand the difference between full-time, part-time and casual employment?
   Yes Unsure/No
5. Do you give all new employees the Fair Work Information Statement when they start with you?
   Yes Unsure/No
6. Do you give new casual employees the Casual Employment Information Statement (CEIS) when they start with you?
   Yes Unsure/No
7. Do you know how modern awards and National Employment Standards interact with your existing workplace agreements?
   Yes Unsure/No

2. Pay and conditions

1. Do you know the minimum rate of pay under the relevant award or enterprise agreement for each employee?
   Yes Unsure/No
2. Do casual employees receive the correct loading for ordinary time/overtime and weekend work in accordance with the relevant award or agreement?
   Yes Unsure/No
3. If work is performed on weekends, nights or public holidays do you pay correct penalty rates?
   Yes Unsure/No
4. Are district/uniform/late work or other allowances being paid as per the relevant award/agreement?
   Yes Unsure/No
5. Do employees get the correct meal breaks?
   Yes Unsure/No
6. Do you know the process for considering a casual employee’s request for permanent (full-time or part-time) work?
   Yes Unsure/No

3. Record-keeping and pay slips

Do you include these details on the employee's records? Note: you can keep manual and/or electronic records.

1. Legal and/or trading name of your business?
   Yes Unsure/No
2. The employee's name?
   Yes Unsure/No
3. Date the employee commenced work with you?
   Yes Unsure/No
4. Whether your employees are full-time, part-time or casual?
   Yes Unsure/No
5. The number of hours worked by each employee?
   Yes Unsure/No
6. The number of overtime hours worked by each employee?
   Yes Unsure/No
7. Rate of pay?
   Yes Unsure/No
8. Any written agreements of hours worked, individual flexibility arrangements or guarantees of annual earnings?
   Yes Unsure/No
9. Records relating to any annualised wage arrangement under an award (including, for example, method of calculation, outer limits on penalty and overtime hours, start times, finish times, and any unpaid breaks).
   Yes Unsure/No
10. Gross and net amount of pay?
    Yes Unsure/No
11. Details for any lawful deductions?
    Yes Unsure/No
12. Monetary allowances?
    Yes Unsure/No
13. Leave accrued/taken?
    Yes Unsure/No
14. Superannuation details?
    Yes Unsure/No
15. Termination details?
    Yes Unsure/No
16. Do employees get a pay slip within 1 working day after they are paid?
    Yes Unsure/No
17. Do you include the following details on your employee's pay slip:
    1. Employer ABN
       Yes Unsure/No
    2. Legal and/or trading name of employer?
       Yes Unsure/No
    3. Employee's name?
       Yes Unsure/No
    4. Date of payment (e.g. 25/01/2023)?
       Yes Unsure/No
    5. Period of payment (e.g. 16/01/2023-22/01/2023)?
       Yes Unsure/No
    6. Gross and net amount of pay?
       Yes Unsure/No
    7. Any incentives, bonuses, loadings, penalties, monetary allowances or other separately identifiable amounts paid?
       Yes Unsure/No
    8. Any leave taken in the pay period?
       Important: Pay slips must not mention paid family and domestic violence leave, however employers need to keep a record of this leave balance and any leave taken by employees. For more information, visit our Pay slips page.
       Yes Unsure/No
    9. For employees paid an hourly rate - the ordinary hourly rate of pay, number of hours worked at that rate and the amount of payment at that rate?
       Yes Unsure/No
    10. For employees paid an annual rate (salary), that rate as at the last day in the payment period?
        Yes Unsure/No
    11. Details of any deductions made from the employee's pay?
        Yes Unsure/No
    12. Amount and the name of the superannuation fund (for employers required to make superannuation contributions for the benefit of employees)?
        Yes Unsure/No

4. Ending employment

1. Are you aware of your obligations under the Small Business Dismissal Code?
   Yes Unsure/No
2. Do you know how much notice of termination is required to end employment?
   Yes Unsure/No
3. Do you know about entitlements to redundancy pay?
   Yes Unsure/No