The Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS) is a free statewide service for migrants and other vulnerable workers in NSW. The service is a collaboration between Kingsford Legal Centre, Inner City Legal Centre and Redfern Legal Centre.
ERLS has produced a set of employment law factsheets that address common questions and concerns that migrant workers may have, which are relevant to all employees at this difficult time.
COVID-19 & employment law: frequently asked questions
These factsheets cover a range of topics, including:
- What is flexible work?
- How can I ask for flexible work?
- What are my rights if my employer proposes a salary cut?
- My employer told me I am, or may be, made redundant. What does it mean?
- If I am made redundant, what rights do I have?
Download the factsheets below:
What do I need to know about being stood down?
A worker who has been stood down is technically still employed, but is unable to work due to a temporary workplace shut down.
For a stand down to occur, employers need to be able to demonstrate a “stoppage of work” affecting all employees, the stoppage is one the employer cannot reasonably be responsible for, and there is no “useful work” for the employee to do.
Workers who are stood down are not required to work, but should not be asked to resign. Stood down employees generally will not get paid; however, they must still accrue leave entitlements for the stand-down period.
FAQs covered in the ERLS ‘stand down’ factsheet include:
- What should I do if I have been stood down?
- What if I disagree with my employer about being stood down?
- What are my rights?
Download the factsheet below:
For further information, or to seek free, confidential legal advice, contact the statewide Employment Rights Legal Service on 02 8004 3270.
