Australian Employment Agreement Template for Speech Pathologists (Full-time)

Description

Good employment practices include written, professional employment contracts.

Professional employment contract templates for speech pathologists are:

• easy for everyone to understand
• specific to speech pathologists
• consistent with the Speech Pathology Australia:
  • Professional Standards for Speech Pathologists in Australia; and
  • Code of Ethics
• up-to-date, including with the:
  • Health Professionals and Support Services Award [MA000027]; and
  • National Employment Standards.

The template has been updated so it incorporates increases to the Award as a result of the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review 2025 Decision, which took effect from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2025, as well as other recent changes including the employee right to disconnect (applicable to small businesses from 26 August 2025) and drafting alerts (e.g. to keep on eye on Government plans to abolish some non-compete clauses). The template is made available in Word and PDF formats.

As always, we recommend you seek legal advice about areas of concern – e.g. clauses specific to your business needs, or clauses that seek to restrain employees from taking clients or competing with you after employment.

Updated: July 2025.