WORKERS who quit a job will soon be a bit richer following a new legal interpretation of national employment laws.<\/p>\n
But the Fair Work Ombudsman, which interprets and enforces workplace laws, says departing award-wage earners should now be entitled to loadings on untaken annual leave.<\/p>\n
This follows legal advice it sought from the Australian government solicitor on accrued leave.<\/p>\n
Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson has conceded the new interpretation of the Fair Work Act of 2009 would confuse employers.<\/p>\n
“I am certainly aware of the advice that we’re giving today is at odds with the advice we might have been giving earlier in the year to last year,” he told a Senate estimates hearing today.<\/p>\n
“All of the advice that we’re giving today is, to some degree, different from what would have been given two years ago.”<\/p>\n
The legal opinion is likely to affect workers employed under national modern awards, which came into force in July 2010.<\/p>\n
The interpretation means employers may have to add 17.5 per cent leave loading to the termination pay of workers, even if this wasn’t part of the modern award.<\/p>\n
Workers in the road transport sector are among those who stand to be better off when they relinquish a job.<\/p>\n
Employers can only avoid paying these entitlements if they successfully challenge the ombudsman’s decision in court, something only larger corporations would be able to afford to do.<\/p>\n
Federal Employment Minister Chris Evans indicated he would stand by the ombudsman’s legal opinion.<\/p>\n
“We know there’s been a problem in relation to annual leave loadings,” Senator Evans told an estimates committee.<\/p>\n
“In terms of solutions, in policy terms, I’m happy to have discussions with the department and what actions are occurring in that field.”<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the minister said employees should be not disadvantaged for declining to take their accrued annual leave before quitting a job.<\/p>\n
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the interpretation of workplace laws should be left to Fair Work Australia, the industrial tribunal, and not the ombudsman.<\/p>\n
“This interpretation of the law is different to what everyone understood until recently,” chief executive Peter Anderson said.<\/p>\n
“The government should not allow the law to be changed in that backdoor way.”<\/p>\n
The legal opinion was tabled in federal parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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