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We have interactive template tools and downloadable templates and letters to help you manage a wide range of workplace obligations. These include employing staff, pay slips and record-keeping, and ending employment.
On this page:
- Employing staff
- Pay slips and record-keeping
- Hours of work
- Annual leave
- Employee choice pathway
- Parental leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Probation
- Managing performance
- Ending employment
- Tools and resources
Employing staff
Downloadable templates:
- Job advertisement template Job advertisement template
- Job description template Job description template
- Telephone screening form Telephone screening form
- Reference checking form Reference checking form
- Notice to unsuccessful applicants Notice to unsuccessful applicants
- Induction checklist Induction checklist
Pay slips and record-keeping
Interactive templates:
Downloadable templates:
- Pay slip template Pay slip template
- Weekly time and wage records template Weekly time and wage records template
- Record of employee details Record of employee details
- Staff meeting records template Staff meeting records template
Hours of work
Downloadable templates:
- Part-time hours of work agreement or variation Part-time hours of work agreement or variation
- Full-time hours of work variation Full-time hours of work variation
- Roster template Roster template
- Timesheet template Timesheet template
Annual leave
Interactive templates:
Downloadable templates:
- Leave application form Leave application form
- Notice of requirements to take annual leave for temporary shutdown Notice of requirements to take annual leave for temporary shutdown
- Direction to take excessive annual leave Direction to take excessive annual leave
- Agreement to cash out annual leave Agreement to cash out annual leave
- Agreement to take annual leave in advance Agreement to take annual leave in advance
Employee choice pathway
Downloadable checklists and templates:
- Notifying your employer that you want to change to permanent employment Notifying your employer that you want to change to permanent employment – checklist and notification template
- Responding to an employee’s notice to change to permanent employment Responding to an employee’s notice to change to permanent employment – checklist and response template
Parental leave
Downloadable templates:
- Employer checklist for unpaid parental leave Employer checklist for unpaid parental leave
- Employee checklist for unpaid parental leave Employee checklist for unpaid parental leave
- Giving notice for taking unpaid parental leave Giving notice for taking unpaid parental leave
- Varying unpaid parental leave within the initial 12 months Varying unpaid parental leave within the initial 12 months
- Request to extend unpaid parental leave beyond initial 12 months Request to extend unpaid parental leave beyond initial 12 months
- Approval of request to extend unpaid parental leave Approval of request to extend unpaid parental leave
- Refusal of request to extend unpaid parental leave beyond initial 12-month period Refusal of request to extend unpaid parental leave beyond initial 12-month period
Flexible working arrangements
Downloadable templates:
- Request for flexible working arrangements template letter Request for flexible working arrangements template letter
- Request for flexible working arrangements – example letters Request for flexible working arrangements – example letters
- Response to a request for flexible working arrangements Response to a request for flexible working arrangements
Probation
Interactive templates:
Downloadable templates:
- Successful probation letter Successful probation letter
- Unsuccessful probation letter Unsuccessful probation letter
Managing performance
Interactive template:
Downloadable templates:
- Setting up a performance system checklist Setting up a performance system checklist
- Performance agreement template Performance agreement template
- Performance review discussion plan Performance review discussion plan
- Managing underperformance – initial steps checklist Managing underperformance – initial steps checklist
- Managing underperformance – formal steps checklist Managing underperformance – formal steps checklist
- Performance improvement plan Performance improvement plan
- Underperformance meeting plan Underperformance meeting plan
- Warning letter template and checklist Warning letter template and checklist
- Final warning letter template and checklist Final warning letter template and checklist
Ending employment
Interactive templates:
Downloadable templates:
- Termination of employment letter Termination of employment letter
- Termination of employment letter - serious misconduct Termination of employment letter - serious misconduct
- Termination of employment letter - redundancy Termination of employment letter - redundancy
