WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 264 Meaning of eligible casual employee
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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 264
Meaning of eligible casual employee(1) For the purposes of this Division, an eligible casual employee is a casual employee:
(a) who has been engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment during a period of at least 12 months; and
(b) who, but for an expected birth or an expected placement of a child, would have a reasonable expectation of continuing engagement by the employer on a regular and systematic basis.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), for the purposes of this Division, a casual employee is also an eligible casual employee if:
(a) the employee was engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods during a period (the first period of employment ) of less than 12 months; and
(b) at the end of the first period of employment, the employee ceased, on the employer's initiative, to be so engaged by the employer; and
(c) the employer later again engaged the employee on a regular and systematic basis for a further sequence of periods during a period (the second period of employment ) that started not more than 3 months after the end of the first period of employment; and
(d) the combined length of the first period of employment and the second period of employment is at least 12 months; and
(e) the employee, but for an expected birth or an expected placement of a child, would have a reasonable expectation of continuing engagement by the employer on a regular and systematic basis.