What are the minimum notice periods for employees?

What are the minimum notice periods for employees?

In turn, the NES sets out the minimum employment entitlements that must be provided to all employees, including, but not limited to: notice/redundancy. For employers, the minimum notice they must provide their employees is set out in s 117 of the FW Act. The relevant notice periods under s 117 are:

When do you have to give notice to an employee?

Employees who’ve been with you for less than a month have no legal right to be given notice. For everyone else, when terminating employment you must give an employee: When an employee decides to leave your organisation, they are also legally obliged to give you notice — but the minimum period is much shorter.

Can a employer give more notice than the statutory minimum?

In most cases, an employee is entitled to more notice than the statutory minimum, regardless of whether the employee has worked for the employer for a very long or very short period of time. A common misconception is that the statutory minimums fully satisfy the employers’ obligation and the employees’ entitlement. In most cases they do not.

How long does an employer have to give an employee notice of termination?

An employee who has been continuously employed for three months or more in an indefinite employment contract is statutorily entitled to a minimum amount of notice should the employer decide to end the employment contract.

In turn, the NES sets out the minimum employment entitlements that must be provided to all employees, including, but not limited to: notice/redundancy. For employers, the minimum notice they must provide their employees is set out in s 117 of the FW Act. The relevant notice periods under s 117 are:

Employees who’ve been with you for less than a month have no legal right to be given notice. For everyone else, when terminating employment you must give an employee: When an employee decides to leave your organisation, they are also legally obliged to give you notice — but the minimum period is much shorter.

In most cases, an employee is entitled to more notice than the statutory minimum, regardless of whether the employee has worked for the employer for a very long or very short period of time. A common misconception is that the statutory minimums fully satisfy the employers’ obligation and the employees’ entitlement. In most cases they do not.

An employee who has been continuously employed for three months or more in an indefinite employment contract is statutorily entitled to a minimum amount of notice should the employer decide to end the employment contract.