CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT 1987 - SECT 18
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT 1987 - SECT 18
18—Preservation of entitlements in certain cases
(a) a
person who has an effective service entitlement ceases to be employed as a
construction worker; and
(b) the
person is not entitled to long service leave or a payment for pro rata long
service leave; and
(c) the
person commences work as a supervisor in the construction industry within
the prescribed period after cessation of his or her employment as a
construction worker; and
(d) the
person provides notice of his or her work as a supervisor to the Board in
accordance with the regulations within six months after the person commences
work as a supervisor in the construction industry (or within such longer
period as the Board may, in its absolute discretion, allow),
the effective service entitlement is preserved.
(2) If the person (or
his or her personal representative) satisfies the Board that the aggregate
period of work in the construction industry (as a construction worker and
subsequently as a supervisor) totals 1 820 working days or more,
the Board must pay to the person (or his or her personal representative) an
amount calculated as follows:
where—
"A" is the amount payable
"OWP" is the person's ordinary weekly pay applicable under this Act
"D" is the effective service entitlement preserved under subsection (1)
(expressed in days).
(3) In this
section—
"supervisor" means a person (other than a person within the ambit of
section 5(1)) who is responsible for the daily on site supervision of
works.