Leadership and Management
Employment Agreement Personal Trainer
Date
Dear
This letter is to record our agreement for you to be employed in the position of Personal Trainer with
Bounce Fitness.
Please read the contents of this agreement and the attached position description carefully. Any questions
or concerns may be raised with the Human Resource General Manager. Otherwise, if the agreement
and position description are acceptable, please sign the attached copy and return it to me as soon as
possible.
1. Position Personal/Fitness Trainer
2. Commencement Date [Date]
3. Status You will be employed on a full-time basis. You will work a 38-hour week on a fortnightly roster
working five days per week.
4. Duties Your duties are set out in the attached position description.
5. Applicable industrial instrument This common law contract meets or exceeds the Fitness Industry Award 2010 standards.
6. Salary You will be paid $XX,XXX per annum.
7. Salary packaging Salary packaging is available to eligible employees in accordance with Bounce Fitness salary
packaging policy. Bounce Fitness may change this policy at its discretion from time to time.
Presently, eligible employees are able to package up to the applicable limit under taxation
legislation.
8. Superannuation Superannuation is paid in accordance with Commonwealth superannuation guarantee charge
legislation. However, Bounce Fitness calculates superannuation contributions on your gross salary
as opposed to the post-salary packaging amount. Superannuation is presently 9% of salary.
9. Working times and flexitime policy Bounce Fitness promotes flexible working practices. It is expected that your work is performed
primarily between the standard hours of 8.00am and 6.00pm Monday to Friday although some
Saturday or Sunday work may be required on a monthly rostered basis.
Provided that you attend to the requirements of your position and subject to the approval of the
Manager, you can determine the times you work within these hours.
Work outside of these standard hours requires the approval of the Centre Manager. From time
to time, you may be required to work outside these hours to attend to the requirements of your
position including a requirement to commence for five (5) working days at 6.00am on a monthly
roster basis.
10. Overtime Any overtime must be authorised by the Manager. Overtime will be paid in accordance with any
applicable industrial instrument. Time off in lieu of overtime may be provided.
11. Place of work and travel The position is based at Bounce Fitness’s [location] Centre. Some travel may be required, for
example to attend meetings, participate in training, meet with clients or site training visits. You
will be compensated for work-related travel expenses in accordance with the applicable industrial
instrument.
12. Reporting You will report to the [location] Centre Manager. All employees are ultimately responsible to the
Board of Directors of Bounce Fitness.
13. Policies and procedures It is expected that you actively promote Bounce Fitness values and policies in your daily work. You
must comply with all organisational and operational policies of Bounce Fitness. Bounce Fitness
may vary its policies at its discretion from time to time.
14. Performance review Bounce Fitness will conduct an annual review of your performance.
15. Termination of employment Bounce Fitness may terminate your employment by giving you four weeks notice of termination
or payment in lieu of notice. Bounce Fitness may terminate your employment without notice in
circumstances justifying summary termination of employment such as serious misconduct.
You may resign by giving Bounce Fitness four weeks notice or on an agreed date.
16. Annual leave You are entitled to four working weeks annual leave for each complete year of service. An annual
leave loading of 17.5% is payable.
17. Holiday closures Bounce Fitness [location] Centre is closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday.
18. Public holidays You are entitled to public holidays prescribed by state legislation or any applicable industrial
instrument where that holiday falls on a normal work day. If you are rostered to work, you will be
given time and a half in lieu.
19. Sick leave Bounce Fitness will provide up to five working days each employment year to each staff person
to be utilised for purposes of addressing health needs. Compensation will be based upon the
employee’s salary rate at the time sick leave is taken. Sick leave may be utilised at the discretion
of the employee and is granted for sickness of the individual employee, his or her spouse/partner,
children, or other immediate family members. Sick leave can also be used for health needs, e.g.
dental or medical appointments.”
Each staff person of Bounce Fitness should notify the office before 9am each day they will be
absent from work due to illness, if at all possible. Three consecutive days or more sick leave must
be accompanied by a doctor’s certificate verifying inability to work.
Sick leave may not be accumulated. Unused sick leave will be paid at the normal daily rate of the
employee on the anniversary of their engagement. At no time will compensation for any unused
sick leave be made to an employee who is leaving employment. The Centre Manager retains the
right to send an employee home on sick leave if they deem the individual unfit to effectively carry
out their duties or put others at risk.
Sick leave will be pro-rated for regular part-time employees. If requested by the Managing Director,
the employee will provide documentation from their treating physician explaining their absence.
20. Long service leave Long service leave is provided in accordance with state legislation and any applicable industrial
instrument.
21. Parental leave Parental leave is provided in accordance with Commonwealth legislation and any applicable
industrial instrument.
22. Acceptance If the terms of this agreement are acceptable to you, please sign the attached copy and return it
to me as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
CEO
I accept confirmation of the terms of my employment with Bounce Fitness on the terms set out in
this letter.
Signed Dated
- Date:
- Dear:
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