Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if an employee is—
(a) working in suitable employment (within the meaning of section 3 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 ); or
(b) absent from work because of a workplace illness or injury and is in receipt of any compensation in the form of weekly payments from the Victorian WorkCover Authority for that illness or injury.
(2) An employee's normal weekly hours and ordinary time rate of pay are to be taken to be the greater of the following—
(a) the employee's normal weekly hours and ordinary time rate of pay immediately before the employee starts long service leave;
(b) the employee's normal weekly hours and ordinary time rate of pay immediately before the employee developed the relevant illness or suffered the relevant injury.
Note
Section 16 may apply when determining an employee's normal weekly hours.