I’m a full-time nurse at a workplace that does not have an Enterprise Agreement. My employment contract says that I get 4 weeks of annual leave per year. Is this correct?

As a nurse in the private sector without an Enterprise Agreement, your employment is covered by the Nurses Award 2020.

Clause 22.2 of the Nurses Award 2020 says that a nurse who is not a shift worker is entitled to 5 weeks of paid annual leave for each year of service with their employer, and an employee who is a shift worker is entitled to 6 weeks of paid annual leave for each year of service with their employer.

A shift worker is someone who is regularly rostered over 7 days of the week and regularly works on weekends.

This means you should be getting at least 5 weeks of annual leave per year, or 6 weeks if you are a shift worker, whatever your employment contract says.

Please contact NSWNMA if you believe you are not receiving the correct amount of annual leave.