{"countryCode":"AU","releaseVersionId":"release:eor-core-98076d948656f056@a78fd31855c3edc07c41","approvalState":"pending","answerBlocks":[{"questionId":"AU:exit","snapshotAnswerId":"AU:exit:v1","topicKey":"exit","question":"What happens at exit?","countryCode":"AU","scope":{"countryCode":"AU","subnational":null,"worker":"See individual claim scope","claimScopes":["Australian NES; exceptions include casuals, specified fixed-term expiry and serious misconduct"]},"directAnswer":"For employees covered by the NES notice entitlement, employer notice is one week for service up to one year, two weeks for more than one to three years, three for more than three to five, and four after five. Add one week if the employee is over 45 with at least two years’ service.","rules":[{"text":"For employees covered by the NES notice entitlement, employer notice is one week for service up to one year, two weeks for more than one to three years, three for more than three to five, and four after five. Add one week if the employee is over 45 with at least two years’ service.","scope":"Australian NES; exceptions include casuals, specified fixed-term expiry and serious misconduct","remaining":"Award or agreement, exceptions, redundancy eligibility, small-business rules and final pay","versionId":"claim:claim-8e9c44353d5b@7daefd2733820aa576e5","sourceVersionIds":["source:e7def8c6d583@ac5cbfe65ed8da298190"],"effectiveDate":null,"approval":"pending"}],"actions":["Confirm Award or agreement, exceptions, redundancy eligibility, small-business rules and final pay."],"exceptionsAndUnknowns":["Award or agreement, exceptions, redundancy eligibility, small-business rules and final pay"],"researchStatus":"partial","approvalState":"pending","reviewOnly":true,"sourceVersionIds":["source:e7def8c6d583@ac5cbfe65ed8da298190"],"sources":[{"id":"e7def8c6d583","url":"https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/notice-of-termination-and-redundancy-pay","publisher":"Fair Work Ombudsman","kind":"official_scoped_claim","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28","versionId":"source:e7def8c6d583@ac5cbfe65ed8da298190","approval":"pending"}],"claimVersionIds":["claim:claim-8e9c44353d5b@7daefd2733820aa576e5"],"moduleVersionId":"country-snapshot:AU@5c8766cfd0101acde38b","coverageVersionId":null,"releaseVersionId":"release:eor-core-98076d948656f056@a78fd31855c3edc07c41","reviewedAt":"2026-09-28","effectiveDate":null,"numbers":[]}],"scenarios":[{"id":"scenario-au-transfer-service","slug":"au-transfer-service","countryCode":"AU","topicKey":"provider_transition","title":"Will an Australian employee’s service carry over when leaving an EOR?","directAnswer":"Assess whether the move meets the transfer-of-business rules, then review each entitlement. Do not promise a complete reset or complete carryover from the fact that the provider is changing.","verifiedRule":"Fair Work describes a transfer where employment with the new employer begins within three months, duties are the same or nearly the same, and the required connection between employers exists. Service recognition has entitlement-specific exceptions.","sourceKeys":["au-transfer","au-service"],"scope":"Australian national workplace-relations system; connection and entitlement conditions apply","remaining":["Relationship between old and new employers","Dates, duties and relevant industrial instruments","Leave, redundancy, notice and other recognition exceptions"],"actions":["Document why the employers are connected for the rule.","Obtain an entitlement-by-entitlement service schedule.","Check required notices and the old employer’s closing payments."],"workedScenario":"The employee starts at the client’s entity a week after leaving the EOR and keeps the same duties. Those facts cover only part of the test; investigate the employer connection and each entitlement before finalising terms.","related":["move-to-entity","switching-checklist"],"reviewedAt":"2026-09-28","contentType":"country_scenario","answerConfidence":null,"scopedRuleConfidence":0.9,"confidenceBasis":"Editorial assessment of the narrowly stated official rule, not calibrated probability or confidence in the whole scenario.","evidenceStatus":"scoped_rule_verified_application_conditional","sourceIds":["aeo-source-au-transfer","aeo-source-au-service"],"moduleVersionId":"module:scenario-au-transfer-service@7aed32fbb00bc044e6e0","approvalState":"pending","sourceVersionIds":["source:aeo-source-au-transfer@299d89121f56bea817b4","source:aeo-source-au-service@a62521c30cc57e54bd6c"],"sources":[{"id":"aeo-source-au-transfer","title":"Fair Work: when businesses change owners","publisher":"Fair Work","url":"https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/when-businesses-change-owners","kind":"official","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28","locator":"What is a transfer of business?"},{"id":"aeo-source-au-service","title":"Fair Work: employee entitlements on transfer","publisher":"Fair Work","url":"https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/when-businesses-change-owners/employee-entitlements-on-a-transfer-of-business","kind":"official","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28","locator":"Recognition of service and exceptions"}]},{"id":"scenario-au-payroll-underpayment","slug":"au-payroll-underpayment","countryCode":"AU","topicKey":"employment_management","title":"How should an Australian EOR fix an underpayment?","directAnswer":"Ask the legal employer to establish the correct entitlement, calculate the full shortfall, arrange back payment and correct affected records and contributions. Include the employee in a clear explanation of the calculation and correction.","verifiedRule":"Fair Work provides a step-by-step underpayment correction process and warns that back payment does not necessarily prevent investigation or other action.","sourceKeys":["au-error"],"scope":"Australian workplace-law underpayments; applicable award, agreement and worker coverage matter","remaining":["Correct classification, award or agreement and historical rates","Hours, allowances, overtime, leave and contributions affected","Timing, records and any reporting or enforcement issues"],"actions":["Reconcile all affected periods rather than just the latest payslip.","Agree payment and filing corrections with the employer.","Fix the payroll rule that caused the error and check the next run."],"workedScenario":"A recurring allowance was omitted for four pay periods. Recalculate all four periods and any linked contribution effects rather than adding one allowance to next month’s payroll.","related":["payroll-problems","employment-changes"],"reviewedAt":"2026-09-28","contentType":"country_scenario","answerConfidence":null,"scopedRuleConfidence":0.9,"confidenceBasis":"Editorial assessment of the narrowly stated official rule, not calibrated probability or confidence in the whole scenario.","evidenceStatus":"scoped_rule_verified_application_conditional","sourceIds":["aeo-source-au-error"],"moduleVersionId":"module:scenario-au-payroll-underpayment@2e705b91ae6ba377f3cf","approvalState":"pending","sourceVersionIds":["source:aeo-source-au-error@9093a7aa3c37ca99a6c2"],"sources":[{"id":"aeo-source-au-error","title":"Fair Work: fixing an underpayment","publisher":"Fair Work","url":"https://www.fairwork.gov.au/workplace-problems/common-workplace-problems/i-think-ive-underpaid-my-employee","kind":"official","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28","locator":"Step-by-step correction process"}]}],"workedExample":null}