Employing horticulture workers

Navigating ongoing changes to industrial relations can be difficult, so to help businesses understand and ensure compliance with their legal requirements, we have collated a list of useful links for businesses.

Fruit Growers Tasmania Workshop Presentations

• Navigating new labour laws - June 2024

Horticulture Award

• Horticulture Award [MA000028]
• Horticulture Award [MA000028] Pay Guide
• Who the Horticulture Award covers

Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme

• Fair Work Ombudsman information
• PALM Scheme website
• Approved Employers Australia

Fair Work Ombudsman

• Horticulture Showcase
• Small Business Showcase
• Visa holders and migrants
• Online learning centre - for employers and managers

Fair Work Ombudsman resources

• National Employment Standards
• Introduction to the National Employment Standards factsheet
• Migrant workers
• Employer Advisory Service for small businesses
• Australia’s industrial relations timeline
• Record-keeping
• Deducting pay
• Language help - access resources in over 30 languages

Fair Work Ombudsman calculators

• Calculate pay
• Calculate leave
• Calculate notice and redundancy

Piece worker resources

• Fair Work Ombudsman – How to use piece rates
• Fair Work Ombudsman – Minimum wage guarantee for pieceworkers
• Fair Work Ombudsman - Piecework arrangements employer checklist
• Fair Work Ombudsman – Piecework timesheet template (DOCX) (PDF)
• Fair Work Ombudsman - Piecework reconciliation template (DOCX) (PDF)
• Fair Work Ombudsman – Piecework record template (DOCX) (PDF)
• Fruit Growers Tasmania – Sample piece work record

Labour hire resources

• Managing your labour contracting
• Guide to labour contracting (DOCX) (PDF)
• Guide to monitoring your labour contracting (DOCX) (PDF)

Relevant Acts and Regulations

• Fair Work Act 2009
• Fair Work Commission Rules 2024
• Fair Work Regulations 2009
• Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009
• Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009
• Fair Work Amendment (State Referrals and Other Measures) Act 2009
• Industrial Relations Act 1984
• Industrial Relations (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2009
• Industrial Relations Regulations 2015
• Long Service Leave Act 1976
• Long Service Leave Regulations 2017
• Migration Act 1958
• Statutory Holidays Act 2000