For the purposes of subparagraph 789GJA(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, for each employee of an employer in a class of employees specified in column 1 of the following table, the number of ordinary hours of work for the purposes of that subparagraph are those specified in column 2 of the following table.
Employees--ordinary hours of work | ||
Item | Column 1 Class of employee | Column 2 Ordinary hours of work |
1 | Employees whose ordinary hours of work for the employer have changed on or after 1 March 2020 for reasons ( non - COVID reasons ) that are attributable to neither: (a) the COVID - 19 pandemic; nor (b) government initiatives to slow the transmission of COVID - 19 | The ordinary hours of work of the employee as most recently changed for non - COVID reasons, disregarding the effect of any jobkeeper enabling stand down direction applying to the employee |
2 | Employees not employed by the employer on 1 March 2020 | Either: (a) the ordinary hours of work of the employee when the employee started employment with the employer; or (b) if those hours of work have changed for non - COVID reasons--those hours of work as most recently changed for non - COVID reasons; disregarding the effect of any jobkeeper enabling stand down direction applying to the employee |