Prepare your 1st day!

The page “Prepare your 1st day!” helps you to prepare your first day and to ask yourself the right questions… I recommend to check each category.

1. Main questions to ask yourself:

Work location: Where do you need to go on your first day?
Supervisor: Who do you need to talk on your first day?
Hours of work: What time do you start? When do you finish?
Travel arrangements: How to get to work? How long would it take?
Dress code: What should you wear? Is there a uniform?
Facilities: Is there a kitchen where you can prepare or buy your meals?
Your duties: Find out what task you will be doing?
Paperwork: Prepare what you need to fill up your taxation, superannuation, bank details and contract
Workplace policies: What are the policies of the new workplace (personal calls, social media use, public holidays, sick leave procedures, having visitors at work)?

2. Paperwork:

To fill out the following documents:

Letter of offer/employment contract
Tax File Number declaration form
Superannuation choice form
Policies

You might need:

Bank account details
Tax file number
Licences (white card, drivers licence)
Passport & visa
Proof of age
Qualification & school records
Apprenticeship/traineeship papers
Emergency contact details

3. Employment type:

Types of employments:
- Full-time: 38 hours + reasonable additional hours
- Part-time: <38 HOURS, Annual leave and personal leave on a pro-rata basis
- Casual: Are not guaranteed a certain number of hours each week and get an extra percentage added to their rate of pay
Time
- Ongoing (permanent)
- Fixed term: Engaged for a specific period of time, season
Junior (<21 years old), Apprentice, Trainee, N/A

Have you received a Fair Work Information Statement from your Employer?

 Awards generally apply to jobs www.fairwork.gov.au/awards

An Entreprise agreement needs to have been approved by the Fair Work Commission. The agreement overrides the award www.fwc.gov.au

If no Award or agreement, the job must be entitled to the National Minimum Wage

4. Pay:

What is your rate pay?
Would you be paid by Direct deposit/EFT, Cheque, Cash?
How often (Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly)?
How will you get your payslip (Hard copy, Email, Mail)?

5. Hours and shifts:

What are the minimum hours you will work each week?
What is your roster?

6. Leave:

What leave are you entitled to?
- Annual leave: 4 weeks paid per year
- Personal/carer’s leave: up to 10 days
- Compassionate leave
- Community service leave: unpaid leave for voluntary emergency management activities, leave for jury service
- Parental leave: up to 12 months unpaid
- Long service leave: Paid leave for employees who have been with the same employer for a long time
- Public holiday: day off on a public holiday
- Redundancy pay: up to 16 weeks