HABA explains what you are entitled to as an apprentice.
As the hair and beauty industry provides employment to many apprentices, it is important for employers to understand the entitlements which are attributed to them. This will help reduce the risk of potential underpayments claims and employee disputes.
All apprentices, regardless of whether they are full time, part time or school-based are eligible for leave entitlements. This is identical to the leave entitlements provided to permanent employees.
For full time apprentices, this includes 4 weeks of annual leave and leave loading, 10 days of personal carer’s leave, compassionate leave and paid public holidays and all other provisions under the National Employment Standards (NES).
Part time apprentices will receive pro-rata entitlements for paid annual leave and personal carer’s leave but will be able to access all other provisions under the NES. These aspects are non-negotiable and must be provided to all apprentices.
If an apprentice is employed full time under their training contract, it is a required that they work 38 hours. Anything over this amount will be viewed as overtime as the training contract will stipulate the weekly number of hours. Part time apprentices will need set hours in line with the state apprenticeship legislation and should have relatively predictable hours of work.
All apprentices, with the exception of school-based apprentices, are entitled to payment for the time spent at training including at Registered Training Organisations. The exception of school-based apprentices is due to the fact that most training from this is school-directed. In place of this, the Hair and Beauty Award provides a provision for 25% of the actual hours worked to be paid as ‘off-the-job’ training. This payment can be averaged over the semester or year and should be provided as a separate aspect on a payslip to avoid confusion.
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