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DEFENCE RESERVE SERVICE (PROTECTION) ACT 2001 - SECT 31

Other defence service

             (1)  This section applies if a member resumes work, or is reinstated in employment, under this Part after rendering defence service other than continuous full time defence service.

Resumption of employment

             (2)  If the member resumes work for the old employer (see subsection 27(1)):

                     (a)  the period of the absence is taken to have been paid service in the employment; and

                     (b)  the continuity of the member’s employment is taken not to have been broken by his or her absence on defence service.

Reinstatement in employment

             (3)  If the member is reinstated in employment with a new employer (see subsection 27(2)):

                     (a)  the period of employment under the suspended contract of employment is taken to have been served under the contract of employment entered into on the reinstatement; and

                     (b)  the period of the absence is taken to have been paid service in the new employment; and

                     (c)  the continuity of the period of employment under the suspended contract of employment with the period of employment that commenced on the reinstatement is taken not to have been broken by the member’s absence on defence service.


 



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