Employment conditions and protections
Your minimum rights and protections at work
What this chapter covers
- Your pay
Minimum wage rates, overtime pay, equal pay, and when and how wages are paid - Hours, shifts and breaks
Information about the standard working week, zero-hour contracts and availability (“on call”) clauses, when your shifts can be cancelled, and your rights to rest and meal breaks - Taking leave
Your rights to annual leave and public holidays, and sick leave, bereavement leave and family violence leave - Parental leave and parental leave payments
The laws around different types of parental leave, how much paid parental leave you can get and how your job’s protected while you’re on leave - Your wellbeing at work
The law about flexible working arrangements (including when and where you work), health and safety protections, and mental health at work - Whistle-blower protections (“Protected disclosures”)
How the law protects employees who give out information about serious wrongdoing by their employer - Where to go for more support
Other information and resources
