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National Employment Standards - Australian Government

Description

You will be required to comply with these National Employment Standards (NES) if you are an employer. The NES are ten minimum standards of employment entitlements for employees covered by the national workplace relations system.

The ten standards relate to:

maximum weekly hours of work
requests for flexible working arrangements
parental leave and related entitlements
annual leave
personal / carers leave, compassionate leave, and family and domestic violence leave
community service leave
long service leave
public holidays
notice of termination and redundancy pay
provision of a Fair Work Information Statement.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Apply	All	Introduction to the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Annual Leave and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Community Service Leave and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Fair Work Information Sheet and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Long Service Leave and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Maximum Weekly Hours and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Notice of Termination and Redundancy Pay and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Parental Leave and Related Entitlements and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Public Holidays and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Requests for Flexible Working Arrangements and the National Employment Standards - PDF (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Fair Work Act 2009 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

Fair Work Regulations 2009 Australian Government

Administering agency

Fair Work Ombudsman

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
Australian Capital Territory
Operating address:	Level 10 224 Bunda Street and cnr Akuna Street Canberra Australian Capital Territory 2600
Phone:	13 13 94

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
New South Wales
Operating address:	Level 13 175 Liverpool Street Sydney New South Wales 2000
Phone:	13 13 94

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
Northern Territory
Operating address:	Level 7 39 - 41 Woods Street Darwin, Northern Territory 0801
Phone:	13 13 94

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
Queensland
Operating address:	Level 25 400 George Street Brisbane City Queensland 4000
Phone:	13 13 94

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
South Australia
Operating address:	Level 2 148 Frome Street Adelaide South Australia 5000
Phone:	13 13 94

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Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
Tasmania
Operating address:	Level 5 2 - 4 Kirksway Place Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Phone:	13 13 94

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
Victoria
Operating address:	Level 12 414 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Phone:	13 13 94

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Enquiries

Fair Work Ombudsman
Western Australia
Operating address:	Level 25 140 St Georges Terrace Perth Western Australia 6000
Phone:	13 13 94

Supporting information

Introduction to the National Employment Standards (Opens in new window)

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