The PALM scheme Approved Employer Guidelines (guidelines) version 2.1 were published on 17 March 2026 and will take effect from 27 March 2026.

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information to PALM scheme Approved Employers to enable their successful participation in the scheme. They are intended to help employers understand and meet their obligations and responsibilities as detailed in the PALM scheme Approved Employer Deed of Agreement.

Version 2.1 of the PALM scheme Approved Employer Guidelines include refinements across key areas such as:

• Incident management and reporting
• Minimum hours
• Worker welfare, wellbeing and health insurance
• Accommodation standards
• Cultural competency and training requirements, and
• Privacy and personal information handling and more.