Employment Separation Certificate

The Employment Separation Certificate provides information used to assess

a former employee’s claim for income support payments.

When to use this form Use this form to provide information when requested by a former employee. This information is used by
the Australian Government Department of Human Services to make sure we pay our customers the right
amount from the correct date.
Complete and return this form to the former employee or us within 14 days of receiving it.
This notice is given under either section 196 (if received from the Department of Human Services) or
section 199 (if received from a former employee) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and
allows a former employee or the Department of Human Services to obtain this information.
All the information contained in, or attached to the certificate may be released to any person under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982. If you want any of this information treated in confidence, please attach a
statement indicating which information, and give your reasons. This will be considered if a request is made
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
Employers have obligations to pay superannuation for eligible employees and some contractors. For more
information visit ato.gov.au or call the Australian Taxation Office on 131 020.
www.

For more information The Department of Human Services provides a direct service to employers through its National Business
Gateway. If you have any questions about the Employment Separation Certificate, call the National Business
Gateway on 131 158 or fax 132 115.

Go to humanservices.gov.au/sepcertemployers
www.

To speak to us in languages other than English, call 131 202.

Note: Call charges may apply.

If you have a hearing or speech impairment, you can contact the TTY service on Freecall™ 1800 810 586.
A TTY phone is required to use this service.

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Definitions Long Service Leave
If the person was paid long service leave and worked full-time, please make sure you have marked the
appropriate box against a 5 or 7 day week in question 7.

Average gross weekly wage

This is usually contained in the industrial instrument that applies to that workplace (i.e. the appropriate
award, workplace agreement or common law contract). Some workplaces include regular overtime and
allowance as part of their average weekly wage.

Employment Termination Payments (ETP)

Only certain payments paid to an employee on termination of employment are ETPs. These payments are
taxed differently from other kinds of payments made on termination of employment.

Information for former If you do not have another job to go to and you want to claim a Centrelink payment you will need to:
employees • go to humanservices.gov.au/jobseekers or
www.

• call our Employment Services Line on 132 850, or

• visit one of our service centres.
Your claim will start the date you submit a completed claim form, including all documents required.

Did you receive a payment for a redundancy, annual leave, long service leave, sick leave or
maternity leave?
If you did, there may be a waiting period before you can receive an income support payment. To avoid a
situation where you have no access to funds and no access to an income support payment, you should
contact the Department of Human Services to find out how long your waiting period will be before you
spend your termination payment.
You may also have a waiting period depending on the amount of liquid assets (e.g. money, shares) you
have available.
You should contact us as soon as possible once you cease employment.

How to get more To get more Employment Separation Certificates, you can:
Employment Separation • photocopy the Employment Separation Certificate on the next pages and make sure you place your
Certificates stamp on the photocopy
• provide all the required information in a letter on your company letterhead
• go to humanservices.gov.au/forms and print more copies
www.

• call 1300 367 676 or 131 158, to get more copies of this form.

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 Instructions Print Clear

Employment Separation Certificate

This document certifies employment information. Please read the information on page 1 before completing this form.
Please note: Personal information is protected by law and can be given to someone else only in special circumstances, where Commonwealth
legislation requires or where you give permission. Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
If completing form by hand: • Print clearly using a black pen only • Use BLOCK LETTERS • Print one character in each box
• Print in all appropriate boxes • Do not use correction fluid or tape • Mark boxes X

1 Employee details  (Former employees please see important 3 Employment details

information on page 1 of this form.) Date employee started working for you
Family name Day Month Year

Date employment ceased

Day Month Year
First given name

4 Reason for separation

Shortage of work
Address
Unsuitability for this type of work
End of season or contract
Redundancy
Unsatisfactory work performance
Please give
Misconduct as an employee reason and/or
Postcode Employee ceasing work voluntarily further details
below
Date of birth Other
Day Month Year

2 Employer details
Business/Trading name

Address

5 Has a claim been made, or is a claim likely to be made,

for workers compensation?
Postcode
No Yes
Australian Business Number (ABN)

6 What was/is the person’s final gross payment including

Name of contact leave and redundancy payments?

$ .00

Position held in organisation

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7 On termination, did you pay or will you pay the person, any unused leave entitlements or final gross redundancy?
No Yes Provide details below
Period covered Gross amount Tax free portion Eligible Termination Payment Amount held for rollover Number of days
Type of leave Date paid/to be paid (number of (ETP) component employee worked
Day Month Year working days) $ $ $ $ per week

Redundancy .00 .00 .00 .00

In lieu of notice .00 not applicable .00 .00
Gratuity or golden
handshake .00 not applicable .00 .00
Sick Leave .00 not applicable .00 .00
Rostered days off .00 not applicable .00 .00
Annual Leave .00 not applicable not applicable not applicable

Maternity Leave .00 not applicable not applicable not applicable

Long Service Leave
5 or 7 day week
.00 not applicable not applicable not applicable

Other .00 .00 .00 .00

8 If the person was paid a redundancy payment, in lieu of notice or gratuity, 10 Employer’s signature
what was the person’s average gross weekly wage? (see page 2 – Definitions) Contact phone
$ .00 number
Signature of employer
or representative On completion of this form,
9 Did this person cash in any leave entitlements for money in the 12 months please print and sign by hand
before finishing work?
Day Month Year
No Yes Provide details below
Date
Type of leave Number of Amount $ (gross) Date paid
working days Employer’s stamp
Day Month Year
(if applicable) On completion of this form,
Annual Leave (including
leave loading) .00 please place your stamp here

Long Service Leave

.00
Other
.00
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