{"content":[{"text":"FAQs – Preparing for the Cessation \n of the Guiding Principles","bbox":{"left":0.159484,"top":0.081837,"width":0.6809850000000001,"height":0.07203500000000002}},{"text":"Updated 15 June 2021","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.176842,"width":0.187319,"height":0.017754999999999993}},{"text":"1.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.204351,"width":0.015435999999999991,"height":0.01805599999999999}},{"text":"My facility was nominated by some staff under the Guiding Principles as their \n primary employer, with staff taking leave without pay from their other aged care \n facility employer/s. With the Guiding Principles coming to an end, what should I \n do?","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.204351,"width":0.699563,"height":0.072218}},{"text":"Answer: It would be helpful to directly communicate with your employees who have \n nominated your facility as their primary employer that the Guiding Principles are coming \n to an end, specifying both the formal end date and your roster change timeline. The \n purpose of this communication would be to:","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.285992,"width":0.71493,"height":0.07203599999999999}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.369573,"width":0.00853000000000001,"height":0.016064999999999996}},{"text":"Inform them that as a result there would be no additional funding available to the \n facility to top up their pay after the end date so this would not be available to \n employees from that date; and","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.36866,"width":0.6565169999999999,"height":0.05393500000000001}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.433997,"width":0.00853000000000001,"height":0.016064999999999996}},{"text":"Inform them that the temporary employment conditions would therefore be coming to \n an end as of the new roster period aligned as close as possible with the end date and \n they would return to their ongoing employment contract terms.","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.433084,"width":0.6978059999999999,"height":0.05395899999999998}},{"text":"There is a template letter available for primary employers to use and this can be \n accessed from this link.","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.496534,"width":0.652271,"height":0.03611899999999996}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.569718,"width":0.015435999999999991,"height":0.01805599999999996}},{"text":"Some of our staff went on unpaid leave to work for another RACF as their primary \n employer. We are their secondary employer. With the Guiding Principles coming to \n an end, what should I do?","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.569718,"width":0.7280639999999999,"height":0.05411699999999997}},{"text":"Answer: It would be helpful to directly communicate with any staff who took unpaid \n leave for this purpose and let them know that the Guiding Principles are coming to an \n end on the set date and discuss return to work options. The purpose of this \n communication would be to:","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.633222,"width":0.695625,"height":0.072214}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.716839,"width":0.00853000000000001,"height":0.016064999999999996}},{"text":"Inform them that their unpaid leave was coming to an end as the Guiding Principles \n end and that they will be put on the roster after that date;","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.715926,"width":0.680008,"height":0.035833000000000004}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.763304,"width":0.00853000000000001,"height":0.016064999999999996}},{"text":"Inform them that they will be sent their new roster by a set date (date must be \n compliant with the applicable modern award or enterprise agreement); and","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.762391,"width":0.632428,"height":0.03583299999999989}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.809626,"width":0.00853000000000001,"height":0.016064999999999996}},{"text":"Inform them that if they do not intend to return to work at the facility by that time then \n they must advise a nominated member of management of this by a set date.","bbox":{"left":0.180844,"top":0.808713,"width":0.6891539999999999,"height":0.0359759999999999}},{"text":"There is a template letter available for secondary employers to use and this can be \n accessed from this link.","bbox":{"left":0.151018,"top":0.854205,"width":0.676046,"height":0.03611799999999998}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.0,"top":0.000657,"width":0.999295,"height":0.044537},{"left":0.00168,"top":0.932394,"width":0.999295,"height":0.067875}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.0,"top":0.000657,"width":0.999295,"height":0.044537},{"left":0.00168,"top":0.932394,"width":0.999295,"height":0.067875}]}