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The Q&A Collection is a selection of questions and answers compiled from inquiries to the WorkplaceInfo Ask an Expert service. The answers are anonymised. They are also dated and should be read in the relevant time context.
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Does retiring employee receive LSL entitlement?
Author Paul Munro 23 February 2012 
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The answer to whether an employee retiring is entitled to long service leave payment varies around Australian jurisdictions.
Author Paul Munro 21 February 2012
Public holidays and other absences that fall in an employee’s period of notice leading up to a termination date can sometimes appear to confuse the actual date of termination.
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Can employer request more info on medical certificates?
Author Paul Munro 17 February 2012
Some medical certificates that employees present to substantiate personal leave provide very little information about the employees’ condition; so, can an employer seek more information in order to assess the validity of the leave claim?
Author Paul Munro 14 February 2012
When a business finds economic conditions to be unfavourable, there may be an attempt to reduce the cost of labour; and so the various ways of approaching this issue must be carefully managed.
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How is Fair Work Act review proceeding?
9 February 2012
The Fair Work Act is undergoing a review in 2012. Those interested can keep track of submissions through a dedicated website.
Are backdated medical certificates acceptable?
Author Paul Munro 6 February 2012 6
Employers are sometimes confronted with medical certificates that relate to past events — in support of personal leave claims by employees. Are employers obliged to accept such backdated certificates?
Can an employee forfeit annual leave?
Author Paul Munro 3 February 2012
Can employers do anything to address the situation of some employees accruing large amounts of annual leave and declining to take this leave?
Is employee on annual leave entitled to personal leave if ill?
Author Paul Munro 1 February 2012
The Fair Work legislation has a direct impact on the interaction of annual leave and personal/care’s leave when an employee falls ill during a period of annual leave
