Did you know?  Paid family and domestic violence leave must not be recorded on payslips

The enactment of paid family and domestic violence leave also changed the way employers report leave on employee’s payslips. Under section 536 of the Fair Work Act 2009 where an employee has taken paid family and domestic violence leave, an employer must not include any information in relation to this leave entitlement on a payslip.
 
The Fair Work Regulations detail that no information regarding the taking of this type of leave, statement of amount paid, nor balance may be shown on a payslip. Instead, the employer may report such leave as an amount paid to the employee for performance of their ordinary hours of work, an allowance, bonus or overtime. It may not be recorded as any other type of leave unless requested by the employee.
 
 
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