What are the 10 NES entitlements?

The 10 entitlements under the National Employment Standards are:

• Fair Work Information Statement - employers have to give the Fair Work Information Statement to all new employees.
• Maximum weekly hours of work - 38 hours per week, plus reasonable additional hours.
• Requests for flexible working arrangements - parents and carers can ask for a change in working arrangements to care for young children under school age or children under 18 with a disability.
• Parental leave and related entitlements - up to 12 months unpaid leave, the right to ask for an extra 12 months unpaid leave and other types of maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Annual leave - 4 weeks paid leave per year, plus an extra week for some shift workers.
• Personal / carer’s leave and compassionate leave - 10 days paid personal (sick) / carer’s leave, 2 days unpaid carer’s leave and 2 days compassionate leave (unpaid for casuals) as needed.
• Community service leave - up to 10 days paid leave for jury service (after 10 days is unpaid) and unpaid leave for voluntary emergency work.
• Long service leave - entitlements are carried over from pre-modern awards or from state legislation. For details see the Long Service Leave and the National Employment Standards fact sheet.
• Public holidays - paid days off on public holidays unless it’s reasonable to ask the employee to work.
• Notice of termination and redundancy pay - up to 4 weeks' notice of termination (5 weeks if the employee is over 45 and has been in the job for at least 2 years) and up to 16 weeks redundancy pay.

See the Who is affected for information about how the National Employment Standards apply to casual employees.

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