Leave Policy Template

Did you know these facts about the Leave Policy?

• A Leave Policy is an official document that clearly defines how a company’s employees must refer to leave-related applications.
• Leave policies are a source of attracting top talents for the business.
• About 80% of businesses have found that an efficient leave policy improves employee morale and engagement.

Leave Policy overview

This Leave Policy covers what Leave Policy is and provides guidelines for the professional standards required within your organisation. It deals with the standards of behaviour expected when your people are dealing with employees, contractors, volunteers, customers, suppliers, regulatory authorities, and the general public.

This Leave Policy template can be adapted to meet the specific needs of your organisation. You can change as little or as much of the content as you like. Some sections may be governed by state and federal legislation. It is important that you seek your own HR or legal advice, maintain this policy as legislation changes and adjust it to meet your requirements.

Target audience

This Leave Policy workplace policy template is suitable for all your employees, contractors, and volunteers. Once you have adjusted the Leave Policy template to meet the specific requirements of your organisation, you can deliver it to new starters at induction and as refresher training on a regular basis.

Topics covered

The following topics are covered in this Leave Policy:

• Legal duties of employer and employees
• Annual Leave
• Personal Leave (Sick Leave), Carer’s Leave
• Compassionate Leave
• Long Service Leave
• Community Leave
• Public Holidays

Duration

This Leave Policy will take approximately five minutes to complete.

Learning outcomes

The following learning outcomes will be achieved on completion of this Leave Policy:

• Understand the employer’s and employee’s legal duties that the organisation expects.
• Educate and train employees on the kinds of leave applications that the organisation offers.
• All employees are entitled to the leave policy.
• Recognise personal responsibility to comply with this Leave Policy.
• Know how to report known or suspected breaches of this Leave Policy.

Business outcomes

Once all employees, contractors, and volunteers have completed your Leave Policy, the following business outcomes will be achieved for your organisation:

• Provide guidelines outlining the steps that the organisation regulates on leave policy.
• Ensure that every employee is aware of the benefits of the leave policy.
• Organisations that implement an efficient policy produce more dependable, good-quality output from employees; and ample repeat and referral business from satisfied customers.
• Businesses with values find that such practices are a cost-effective way to persuade the best employees and produce the best results from them over time.
• Sustain a healthy work-life balance and increase productivity.