Hidden Gems
Australia
Min. wage
(x12 payments)
AUD 26.44 /hr
About the minimum wage
Employer tax
~16.5%
Understand employer tax
Annual leave
20 days
Learn about annual leave
Notice period
1 week min
Termination and notice info
Updated
Nov 2026
Default. Full National Employment Standards protections incl. notice, redundancy pay and unfair dismissal rights
Permitted but generally capped at 2 years including renewals (since Dec 2023), otherwise converts to permanent.
NES cap is 38 hrs plus reasonable additional hours; overtime rates (150-200%) set by awards
Unfair dismissal protection applies after 6 months (12 for small business); 1 week notice applies even during probation
Company directors, officers and roles requiring Australian licensing or security clearances generally cannot be hired under the EOR model
12% superannuation guarantee (retirement) on ordinary time earnings, plus state payroll tax (~4.85-6.85% above thresholds) and workers' compensation premiums
No separate employee social security contributions; progressive income tax plus 2% Medicare levy withheld via PAYG, varies by income.
In addition to statutory leave, employees are entitled to the following statutory benefits:
Employers are required to make superannuation guarantee contributions of 12% on behalf of their employees, while broader welfare is tax-funded. Benefits derived from these arrangements are:
Employers must hold workers' compensation insurance under the relevant state or territory scheme, covering medical costs and income replacement for work-related injury or illness.
Redundancy pay under the National Employment Standards ranges from 4 to 16 weeks' base pay depending on years of service, in addition to notice. Small businesses with fewer than 15 employees are generally exempt.
There is no 13th-month salary in Australia and it is not customary; remuneration is typically an annual salary plus 12% superannuation.
P.S. our team speaks multiple languages and we'd love to chat in your preferred language if requested.
Your employee's hours, time off, holidays, bonuses, and commissions are automatically calculated into payroll. RemoFirst will invoice you in either US Dollars (USD), Euros (EUR), British Pounds (GBP), Canadian Dollars (CAD), Australian Dollars (AUD), or Singapore Dollars (SGD) around the 15th of each month to make sure your employees are paid on time. To make it even easier, you can summarize your entire global team's salaries to aggregate them into one payment (instead of many individual payments).
Unlike full-time employees, contractors work on projects with multiple companies at a given time and are technically self-employed. Full-time employees are solely focused on their employer and usually receive benefits (such as health insurance, equity or stock options, and time off) as an additional form of compensation. While it can be cheaper to work with international contractors instead of paying benefits to a full-time employee, you run the risk of misclassification. It's recommended to work with an EOR for contractor onboarding and payments, so you can know that your international contractors are paid compliantly and on time.
Whenever the employee or employer has a question about, or anything else related to international employment, they can speak with our customer support team to get answers from our team of experts.
