Leave Management System Australia

A leave management system Australia based employers can rely on has to deal with two things that overseas products almost never handle.

The first is long service leave. It is governed by state and territory legislation rather than a single national rule, so qualifying periods and accrual rates differ depending on where an employee works. An organisation operating in several states is running several sets of rules at once.

The second is the award and agreement layer. Modern awards and enterprise agreements can add entitlements, set rules about excessive accrual, and change how leave is taken or paid. The National Employment Standards are the floor, not the whole picture.

A product that models four weeks of annual leave and stops there has covered the easy part and left you to manage the rest by hand.

The Fair Work Ombudsman publishes the entitlements. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

See Sentrient’s HR management system and HR policy templates.