Commonwealth Repealed Acts

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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 603A

             (1)  This section applies if an employer is bound, by force of section 598A, by one or more redundancy provisions (within the meaning of that section) in relation to a transferring employee.

             (2)  Within 28 days after the transferring employee starts being employed by the employer, the employer must take reasonable steps to give the transferring employee a written notice that complies with subsection (3).

Note:          This is a civil remedy provision, see section 605.

             (3)  The notice must:

                     (a)  identify the redundancy provision or redundancy provisions; and

                     (b)  state that the employer is bound by the provision or provisions; and

                     (c)  specify the date that is 24 months after the time that the workplace agreement that included the provision or provisions ceased operating; and

                     (d)  state that the employer will remain bound by the provision or provisions until that date, or an earlier date in accordance with subsection 598A(3).

             (4)  Subsection (2) does not apply if a workplace agreement comes into operation in relation to the employer and the transferring employee within 14 days of the time of transmission.