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Employment Contract Compliance Checklist
Check your employment contracts against the National Employment Standards, awards and the clauses that most often fail when tested.
Who it's for: Employers hiring or updating staff contracts
Your progress
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Minimum standards
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Confirm nothing in the contract falls below the National Employment Standards.
Identify whether a modern award or enterprise agreement covers the role.
Give new starters the Fair Work Information Statement (and casual or fixed-term statements where relevant).
Check notice periods meet or exceed the NES minimums.
Pay and hours
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If pay is an annualised salary, check the set-off clause names the award entitlements it covers.
Diarise reconciliations where the award requires them.
Confirm ordinary hours and how reasonable additional hours are handled.
Check superannuation and salary-packaging terms are accurate.
Protecting the business
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Check fixed-term contracts against the two-year and renewal limits.
Make restraints reasonable in scope, area and length — consider cascading clauses.
Confirm IP created in employment is assigned to the business.
Include confidentiality, policy and termination clauses that match how you operate.
General information only, current as at 2026-10-01. It is not legal advice and does not take your circumstances into account. Nothing here creates a solicitor–client relationship.
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