The Fair Work Commission has extended the entitlement to unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave at half pay in 63 awards.
Schedule X (which provides the entitlements) now applies until 30 September 2020.
What is Schedule X?
Schedule X is a temporary schedule in some awards. It gives employees:
- 2 weeks of unpaid pandemic leave
- The ability to take twice as much annual leave at half their normal pay if their employer agrees.
The Schedule was added into these awards on 8 April 2020 and has been extended until 30 September 2020.
Link to this information on the Fair Work Ombudsman website
Which awards?
The Commission has extended Schedule X until 30 September in the:
- Airline Operations – Ground Staff Award
- Airport Employees Award
- Alpine Resorts Award
- Aluminium Industry Award
- Amusement, Events and Recreation Award
- Animal Care and Veterinary Services Award
- Aquaculture Industry Award
- Architects Award
- Asphalt Industry Award
- Banking, Finance and Insurance Industry Award
- Broadcasting, Recorded Entertainment and Cinemas Award
- Business Equipment Award
- Car Parking Award
- Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award
- Cemetery Industry Award
- Children’s Services Award
- Cleaning Services Award
- Commercial Sales Award
- Contract Call Centres Award
- Corrections and Detention (Private Sector) Award
- Cotton Ginning Award
- Dry Cleaning and Laundry Industry Award
- Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award
- Fitness Industry Award
- Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award
- Funeral Industry Award
- Gardening and Landscaping Services Award
- Higher Education Industry – General Staff – Award
- Horse and Greyhound Training Award
- Horticulture Award
- Hospitality Industry (General) Award
- Journalists Published Media Award
- Labour Market Assistance Award
- Legal Services Award
- Local Government Industry Award
- Meat Industry Award
- Miscellaneous Award
- Nursery Award
- Pastoral Award
- Pest Control Industry Award
- Pharmaceutical Industry Award
- Poultry Processing Award
- Premixed Concrete Award
- Professional Diving Industry (Recreational) Award
- Professional Employees Award
- Racing Clubs Events Award
- Racing Industry Ground Maintenance Award
- Rail Industry Award
- Registered and Licensed Clubs Award
- Restaurant Industry Award
- Salt Industry Award
- Seafood Processing Award
- Security Services Industry Award
- Silviculture Award
- State Government Agencies Award
- Sugar Industry Award
- Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Associated Industries Award
- Timber Industry Award
- Vehicle Repair, Service and Retail Award
- Waste Management Award
- Water Industry Award
- Wine Industry Award
- Wool Storage, Sampling and Testing Award.