An essential What to Do guide to common employment issues for caravan park operators

A vital tool for all caravan park operators.

1. What to do when a full/part time employee has a lot of accrued leave and you want them to take it?

In accordance with the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010 (Hospitality Award), if a full/part time employee has more than eight weeks of accrued annual leave:

• you may seek to reach an agreement with the employee on how to reduce or eliminate the annual leave; and
• if you have tried to genuinely reach agreement with the employee on how to reduce or eliminate the annual leave but no agreement is reached, you may direct the employee, in writing, to take a period of paid annual leave, provided that:
• • it would not result in the employee's remaining accrued annual leave being less than six weeks;