Originally Posted by
Xeptu
I don't know where you guys are getting this nonsense from and quite frankly is a dangerous precedent.
You are either, employed, full time, part time, casual, paid leave, unpaid leave, resigned, terminated, voluntary redundant, compulsory redundant.
Stand down provisions are legal in Australia, but not indefinitely, it will be called out and that will be when job keeper ends. Then you'll need to be, back at work, on leave, LWOP, resigned or redundant.
My EBA and section 524 of the Fair Work Act which states;
an employer can stand down an employee without pay where they can’t usefully be employed because of a stoppage of work for any cause for which the employer can’t reasonably be held responsible. Employees who are stood down without pay remain employed for the period of the stand down.
I cant see a cap on how long stand down can be enforced for.