New IR law: Annual Leave could be cut to 2 weeks

Employers may be able to cut the annual holiday entitlements of Australian workers from four to just two weeks a year under the Federal Government’s new industrial relations laws.

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Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today that the Government was still considering whether it would allow employers to use individual contracts to reduce workers' annual leave entitlements from four to two weeks.

Bosses could insist individual contracts provide only 2 weeks break from work Under the Government's plans an employer would be able to insist that all new employees sign an individual contract, which provides just two weeks annual leave.

"What the Government is proposing is the beginning of the end of the family holiday for working Australians," ACTU President Sharan Burrow said.

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