FAQs

If you are a member of the AMIEU, you can speak to your Union Organiser or Union Delegate.

Joining the AMIEU is easy. Simply click ‘Join the AMIEU’ on our homepage or speak to your Union Organiser/Delegate in

Ordinary pay is the workers ordinary time rate of pay plus an average of any bonus, commission or other incentive

Long service leave is paid at the ordinary pay rate which has been paid to a worker prior to taking

There needs to be continuous service with an employer. If the business is sold & continues as the same business,

Yes. A worker who has completed 5 years of service as an adult, or has received adult rates of pay,

Two months paid leave after 10 years service (see below) with one employer & 1 month paid leave for each

Workers who are: Covered by long service provisions in a NSW award or agreement more favourable than those in an

The NSW Long Service Leave Act 1955 provides that full-time, part-time & casual workers in NSW are entitled to be

For personal carers’ leave, an employer can require an employee to establish that a family member is sick & needs

Personal carers’ leave allows employees to use all of their current & accrued sick leave to care for the sick

Both types of leave may be taken for a family member who is the employee’s: Spouse, de facto spouse or

Personal carers’ leave & bereavement leave is available to all employees covered by NSW awards. There are a few exceptions

Leave that an employee can take when a family member dies. Bereavement leave is also sometimes called compassionate leave. This

Leave an employee can take to care for a family member who is sick. If an employee takes personal careers’

Many workplaces are now working under Enterprise Agreements. These enterprise agreements have pay rises built into them and have rates

Some employees who work in NSW are covered by federal awards. Sometimes, both federal and NSW awards apply to the

A NSW award covers all employers and employees in the industry or occupation to which it relates, whether or not

The Commission makes state awards applying in NSW. Most commonly, this occurs because the organisation representing employers (“employer organisations”) or