Contracts and agreements (updated August 2021)
The contract and agreement templates on this page can be used to create a draft document to take to your legal adviser.
Download the templates that are relevant to your state or territory and customise them for your farm business. Be sure to save a copy to your hard drive.
Please note: casual employment laws have changed – the website is being updated (May 2021) – contact us if you have any questions. The casual contract template will be updates ASAP.
| State or territory | Contract or agreement |
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| All states except WA (updated Aug 2021) |
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| Western Australia (updated Aug 2021) |
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Contracts and agreements for people working on the farm other than employees
Contract for services on the dairy farm (independent contractors)
Share dairy farming agreement checklist
Other documentation for enterprise agreements
Employee election to cash out annual leave
Employee election to cash out personal leave
Model consultation term
Notice to Centrelink
Notice of Employee Representational Rights
Checklists
Checklist for approval and lodgement of an enterprise agreement
A guide to contract law
Basic principles of contract law for employers
Links to websites
| Fair Work Commission | www.fwa.gov.au |
| Fair Work Ombudsman | www.fairwork.gov.au |
| Department of Immigration and Border Protection | www.border.gov.au |
| Australian Taxation Office | www.ato.gov.au |
| Business Victoria | www.business.vic.gov.au |
| Visa Entitlement Verification Online | https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/already-have-a-visa/check-visa-details-and-conditions/check-conditions-online |
| Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission | www.wairc.wa.gov.au |
In This Module
- Pay rates
- Where am I now?
- Employees
- Managing people in challenging times
- Federal industrial laws
- State industrial laws
- Which award?
- Pastoral Award 2020
- Minimum entitlements
- National Employment Standards
- Share dairy farming
- Hiring people from overseas
- Employment contracts
- Workplace agreements
- No award or agreement?
- Working out a package
- Workers compensation
- Dispute resolution
- Termination
- Record keeping
- Family members
- Independent contractors
- Contracts and Agreements
