Understanding and Applying the Local Government Industry Award 2020

Overview

Understanding the terms of the Award and how it interacts with other employment legislation can be challenging due to the complex language used in these documents.

This course aims to explain the terms of the Award in a clear and concise way to ensure Local Governments are complying with employment legislation and providing employees with the correct employment entitlements. Participants will undertake practical exercises throughout the course to assist them to apply the knowledge gained in the workplace, and provide information on the Award to employees and management.

Target Audience

Suitable for Local Government HR and payroll professionals who are responsible for ensuring the Local Government complies with the terms of the Federal Local Government Industry Award 2020 (Award).

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this program, participants should be able to:

• interpret and calculate pay and entitlements contained within the Award,
• understand and comply with the Local Government’s obligations under the Award,
• understand how the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and other legislation interacts with the Award, and
• understand employee entitlements to annual leave, personal / carer’s leave, long service leave, parental leave, compassionate leave, community service leave and public holidays.

Duration

9:00am - 4:30pm (8:45am registration)

Fees

$578.00 (Incl GST)

Cancellations, transfers and substitutions

• Requested must be received in writing via email, letter or fax.
• Cancellations received within 5 working days of the start of the course will incur a 20% administration fee of the full course cost.
• Non-attendance or cancellations received within 2 working days of the start of the course will incur the full course fee.
• Participants can only transfer course dates once without incurring the full fee.
• Substitutions can be made at any time and no fee will be incurred.