New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1982 - SECT 8

8 Notice of reasons for termination of employment to be given to Registrar in certain cases

(1) Subject to section 9, where:

(a) an employee:

(i) is given notice of termination of his or her employment, or

(ii) his or her employment is terminated without notice, and

(b) a notice of intention to terminate the employment has not been served on the Registrar under section 7,

the employer shall, not later than 7 days after the employee is given notice (as referred to in paragraph (a) (i)) or the employment is terminated without notice (as referred to in paragraph (a) (ii)), serve on the Registrar a written notice giving particulars of the reasons for the termination.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) If the regulations so provide, a notice shall be deemed not to have been served for the purposes of subsection (1) unless it contains such particulars as may be prescribed.

(3) This section does not apply:

(a) in relation to the termination or proposed termination of employment of an employee unless, at the time of termination of the employment the employee has been, or will have been, continuously employed by the employer for at least 12 months ending at that time, or

(b) in such cases or classes of cases as are prescribed.