Version 16 June 2008 These will come into effect on 1 January 2010, when Fair Work Australia will become operational.

Short Index Division 1 Preliminary Division 2 Maximum weekly hours Division 3 Requests for flexible working arrangements Division 4 Parental leave and related entitlements Division 5 Annual leave Division 6 Personal/carer's/compassionate leave Division 7 Community service leave Division 8 Long service leave Division 9 Public holidays Division 10 Notice of termination and redundancy pay Division 11 Fair Work Information Statement

The National Employment Standards

Division 1-Preliminary
      1 	Definitions
      2 	Purpose of Part
      3 	Relationship between National Employment Standards and modern awards
      4 	Meaning of base rate of pay
      5 	Meaning of child
      6 	Meaning of full rate of pay
      7 	Meaning of service
      8 	Restriction on taking or accruing leave or absence while receiving workers compensation
      9 	Modern awards may provide for school-based apprentices and trainees to be paid loadings in lieu
      10 	Regulations about what modern awards can do
      11 	Relationship with other Commonwealth legislation

Division 2-Maximum weekly hours
      12 	Maximum weekly hours

Division 3-Requests for flexible working arrangements
      13 	Requests for flexible working arrangements

Division 4-Parental leave and related entitlements
      Subdivision A-General
      14 	General rule-employee must have completed at least 12 months of service
      15 	General rule for adoption-related leave-child must be under school age etc
      Subdivision B-Parental leave
      16 	Entitlement to unpaid parental leave
      17 	The period of leave: other than for members of an employee couple who each intend to take leave
      18 	The period of leave: members of an employee couple who each intend to take leave
      19 	Pregnant employee may be required to take unpaid parental leave within 6 weeks before the birth
      20 	Notice and evidence requirements
      21 	Extending period of unpaid parental leave: extending to use more of available parental leave period
      22 	Extending period of unpaid parental leave: extending for up to 12m beyond available parental leave
      23 	Reducing period of unpaid parental leave
      24 	Employee who ceases to have responsibility for care of child
      25 	Interaction with paid leave
      Subdivision C-Other entitlements
      26 	Unpaid special maternity leave
      27 	Transfer to a safe job
      28 	Consultation with employee on unpaid parental leave
      29 	Return to work guarantee 
      30 	Unpaid pre-adoption leave

Division 5-Annual leave
      31 	Division applies to employees other than casual employees
      32 	Entitlement to annual leave
      33 	Taking paid annual leave
      34 	Employee not taken to be on paid annual leave at certain times
      35 	Payment for annual leave
      36 	Modern awards may include certain kinds of provisions

Division 6-Personal/carer's leave and compassionate leave 
      Subdivision A-Paid personal/carer's leave 
      37 	Subdivision applies to employees other than casual employees
      38 	Entitlement to paid personal/carer's leave
      39 	Taking paid personal/carer's leave
      40 	Employee taken not to be on paid personal/carer's leave on public holiday
      41 	Payment for paid personal/carer's leave
      42 	Modern awards may include provisions dealing with cashing out of paid personal/carer's leave
      Subdivision B-Unpaid carer's leave
      43 	Entitlement to unpaid carer's leave
      44 	Taking unpaid carer's leave
      Subdivision C-Compassionate leave
      45 	Entitlement to compassionate leave
      46 	Taking compassionate leave
      47 	Payment for compassionate leave (other than for casual employees)
      Subdivision D-Notice and evidence requirements
      48 	Notice and evidence requirements

Division 7-Community service leave
      49 	Meaning of eligible community service activity
      50 	Entitlement to be absent from employment for engaging in eligible community service activity
      51 	Notice and evidence requirements
      52 	Payment to employees (other than casuals) on jury service

Division 8-Long service leave 
      53 	Entitlement to long service leave

Division 9-Public holidays
      54 	Meaning of public holiday
      55 	Entitlement to be absent from employment on public holiday
      56 	Payment for absence on public holiday

Division 10-Notice of termination and redundancy pay
      Subdivision A-Notice of termination or payment in lieu of notice
      57 	Requirement for notice of termination or payment in lieu
      58 	Transmission of business and notice of termination or payment in lieu
      59 	Modern awards may provide for notice of termination by employees
      Subdivision B-Redundancy pay
      60 	Redundancy pay
      61 	Variation of redundancy pay for other employment or incapacity to pay
      62 	Exclusions from obligation to pay redundancy pay
      63 	Transmission of business and redundancy pay 
      Subdivision C-Limits on scope of this Division 
      64 	Limits on scope of this Division

Division 11-Fair Work Information Statement
      65 	Fair Work Australia to publish statement
      66 	Giving new employees the Fair Work Information Statement