Availability 

Blackout periods

As part of your employment arrangement at Mary Eats Cake and being in the hospitality industry, it is expected that you are available to work on Saturdays and Sundays.

• Mother’s Day is Mary’s busiest day/ week of the year. It is a condition of your employment to be available this weekend.

• School Holidays

• Special events. Cherry Hill, Melbourne Flower Show

Adding unavailability to Deputy

Please use the unavailability function on deputy for your regular availability

Please upload your unavailability to Deputy with a least three weeks' notice. 

Taking time off/ Annual Leave

It is recommended that leave is requested with as much notice as possible, as a small business we can only accommodate one person being on leave per day, if someone else has gotten in before you, then we will be unable to grant you leave for this day.

For any time off or unavailability, a minimum of 3 weeks' notice is required.

Leave requests are to be sent to your direct Manager. For ease of processing your request, you can use the following form for any leave request. 

Mary Eats Cake: Leave request form

Once leave approval has been granted in writing, please proceed with the following: 

- Block out your annual leave days in deputy 

- Apply for your leave via Xero App (full-time and part-time staff only, casual employees do not need to do this) 

Sick leave 

If you are unwell and need to take a day off please inform your direct manager 3 hours before your shift (or at your earliest convenience). If you are full-time or part-time you will need to provide evidence to be entitled to paid sick leave.

Part-time and Full-time employees

If you are sick and away from work and would like to be paid for the day you have missed, you will need to provide a doctor's certificate and submit your sick leave via the Xero Me portal. 

How to submit sick leave:

• Open the Xero Me app

• Click "Leave" and  then "+ new request" 

• Select "personal/carers leave" 

• Add leave dates and select "Jessica Hillbrick" as the approver

• Then Send your doctor's certificate via email to acounts@maryeatscake.com.au