WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 240 Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 240

                   In this Division:

"authorised leave" means leave, or an absence, whether paid or unpaid, that is authorised:

                     (a)  by an employee's employer; or

                     (b)  by or under a term or condition of an employee's employment; or

                     (c)  by or under a law, or an instrument in force under a law, of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

"basic periodic rate of pay" has the meaning given by section 178.

Note:          See also section 243.

"carer's leave" has the meaning given by paragraph 244(b).

"child" includes the following:

                     (a)  an adopted child;

                     (b)  a stepchild;

                     (c)  an exnuptial child;

                     (d)  an adult child.

"compassionate leave" has the meaning given by subsection 257(1).

"continuous service" , in relation to a period of an employee's service with an employer, means service with the employer as an employee (other than a casual employee) during the whole of the period, including (as a part of the period) any period of authorised leave.

"de facto spouse , " of an employee, means a person of the opposite sex to the employee who lives with the employee as the employee's husband or wife on a genuine domestic basis although not legally married to the employee.

"employee" , when used in a provision of this Division, means an employee to whom the provision applies under section 239.

"immediate family" : the following are members of an employee's immediate family :

                     (a)  a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee;

                     (b)  a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse of the employee.

"medical certificate" means a certificate signed by a registered health practitioner.

"nominal hours worked" has the meaning given by section 241.

Note:          See also section 243.

"permissible occasion" , for unpaid carer's leave, has the meaning given by subsection 250(1).

"personal/carer's leave" has the meaning given by section 244.

"piece rate employee" means an employee who is paid a piece rate of pay within the meaning of section 178.

"registered health practitioner" means a health practitioner registered, or licensed, as a health practitioner (or as a health practitioner of a particular type) under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of health practitioners (or health practitioners of that type).

"sick leave" has the meaning given by paragraph 244(a).

"spouse" includes the following:

                     (a)  a former spouse;

                     (b)  a de facto spouse;

                     (c)  a former de facto spouse.