The National Employment Standards- The Australian Industry Group

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Updated 3 December 2019

The National Employment Standards (NES) are a set of 10 basic minimum entitlements that were introduced by the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) and include:

Maximum weekly hours
Requests for flexible working arrangements
Parental leave and other entitlements
Annual leave
Personal/carer’s leave and compassionate leave
Community services leave (jury service and emergency services duty)
Long service leave
Public holidays
Notice of termination and redundancy pay
Fair Work Information Statement

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