FAIR WORK ACT 2009 (NO. 28, 2009) - SECT 123 Limits on scope of this Division

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 (NO. 28, 2009) - SECT 123

Employees not covered by this Division

             (1)  This Division does not apply to any of the following employees:

                     (a)  an employee employed for a specified period of time, for a specified task, or for the duration of a specified season;

                     (b)  an employee whose employment is terminated because of serious misconduct;

                     (c)  a casual employee;

                     (d)  an employee (other than an apprentice) to whom a training arrangement applies and whose employment is for a specified period of time or is, for any reason, limited to the duration of the training arrangement;

                     (e)  an employee prescribed by the regulations as an employee to whom this Division does not apply.

             (2)  Paragraph (1)(a) does not prevent this Division from applying to an employee if a substantial reason for employing the employee as described in that paragraph was to avoid the application of this Division.

Other employees not covered by notice of termination provisions

             (3)  Subdivision A does not apply to:

                     (b)  a daily hire employee working in the building and construction industry (including working in connection with the erection, repair, renovation, maintenance, ornamentation or demolition of buildings or structures); or

                     (c)  a daily hire employee working in the meat industry in connection with the slaughter of livestock; or

                     (d)  a weekly hire employee working in connection with the meat industry and whose termination of employment is determined solely by seasonal factors; or

                     (e)  an employee prescribed by the regulations as an employee to whom that Subdivision does not apply.

Other employees not covered by redundancy pay provisions

             (4)  Subdivision B does not apply to:

                     (a)  an employee who is an apprentice; or

                     (b)  an employee to whom an industry‑specific redundancy scheme in a modern award applies; or

                     (c)  an employee to whom a redundancy scheme in an enterprise agreement applies if:

                              (i)  the scheme is an industry‑specific redundancy scheme that is incorporated by reference (and as in force from time to time) into the enterprise agreement from a modern award that is in operation; and

                             (ii)  the employee is covered by the industry‑specific redundancy scheme in the modern award; or

                     (d)  an employee prescribed by the regulations as an employee to whom that Subdivision does not apply.