Managing paid leave
Two and a half working days a month up to thirty, the 1 May to 31 October window and the twelve-day continuity rule, then the one-tenth allowance for which maintained salary is only the floor. Three modules on a bakery and its employee. All the prose is free to read; the case studies and quizzes are sold.
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This content is part of the path: Running my employees' payroll· Step 3 of 12· Next step: Paying for time off work
By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Retain the monthly accrual rate for paid leave.
- Retain the total leave that can be claimed.
- Place the reference period absent an agreement.
- Separate working days in the six-day sense from the five-day sense.
- Understand that accrual attaches to one particular employer.
- Retain the period the leave window must include in every case.
- Retain the fraction of leave that must be continuous.
- Separate the accrual period from the leave-taking period.
- Understand what the continuity rule protects.
- Place the room for organisation the employer keeps.
- State the tenth rule and the base it applies to.
- Understand that salary maintenance is a floor, not an alternative.
- See why variable pay changes the result.
- Retain the accrual rate applying during non-occupational sick leave.
- Retain the carry-over period open to an employee prevented by illness.
The programme, module by module
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- Module 18 minFree — no accountTwo and a half days a monthWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the monthly accrual rate for paid leave.
- Retain the total leave that can be claimed.
- Place the reference period absent an agreement.
- Separate working days in the six-day sense from the five-day sense.
- Understand that accrual attaches to one particular employer.
- Module 29 minIncluded in the full courseWhen and how leave is takenWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the period the leave window must include in every case.
- Retain the fraction of leave that must be continuous.
- Separate the accrual period from the leave-taking period.
- Understand what the continuity rule protects.
- Place the room for organisation the employer keeps.
- Module 39 minIncluded in the full coursePaying for leave, and the sickness caseWhat you will be able to do
- State the tenth rule and the base it applies to.
- Understand that salary maintenance is a floor, not an alternative.
- See why variable pay changes the result.
- Retain the accrual rate applying during non-occupational sick leave.
- Retain the carry-over period open to an employee prevented by illness.
What you take away
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Participant handout (PDF)
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- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Exercise workbook (Word)
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- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
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