Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINIMUM CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Terms used in this Act  
   4.      Application to Crown  

   PART 2 -- Application of minimum conditions  

   5.      Minimum conditions implied in awards etc.  
   6.      Application offshore  
   7.      Enforcement of minimum conditions  
   8.      Limited contracting-out of annual leave conditions  
   9.      Limited contracting-out of minimum wage entitlement  

   PART 2A -- Reasonable hours of work  

   9A.     Maximum hours of work  
   9B.     Reasonable additional hours  

   PART 3 -- Minimum rates of pay  

   10.     Entitlement of employees to be paid a minimum rate of pay  
   11.     Minimum rate of pay for casual employees includes a loading  
   12.     Minimum weekly rate of pay for employees aged 21 or more  
   13.     Minimum weekly rate of pay for employees aged under 21  
   14.     Minimum weekly rates of pay for apprentices  
   15.     Minimum weekly rates of pay for trainees  

   PART 3A -- Other requirements as to pay  

   17A.    Terms used in this Part  
   17B.    Employee not to be compelled to accept other than money for pay etc.  
   17C.    Employee’s pay, methods of payment  
   17D.    Authorised deductions from pay  

   PART 4 -- Minimum leave conditions  

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   18.     Paid leave, how pay calculated  

           Division 2 -- Leave for illness or injury or family care  

   19.     Entitlement to paid leave for illness, injury or family care  
   20.     Employee may use entitlement as paid sick leave  
   20A.    Employee may use entitlement as paid carer’s leave  
   20B.    Unpaid carer’s leave  
   21.     Certain matters as to sick leave not minimum conditions  
   22.     Employee to prove entitlements under this Division  

           Division 3 -- Annual leave  

   23.     Paid annual leave, entitlement to  
   24.     Annual leave payments, when to be made  
   25.     Annual leave, when may be taken  
   26.     General Order as to annual leave of no effect  

           Division 4 -- Bereavement leave  

   27.     Paid bereavement leave, entitlement to  
   28.     Proof of entitlement may be required  

           Division 5 -- Public holidays  

   30.     Public holidays, entitlement to pay for  
   31.     Penalty rates for work on public holidays not a minimum condition  

           Division 6 -- Parental leave  

   32.     Terms used in this Division  
   33.     Unpaid parental leave, entitlement to  
   34.     Maternity leave to start 6 weeks before birth  
   35.     Employee to prove entitlement to parental leave  
   36.     Employee to notify employer of spouse’s parental leave  
   37.     Parental leave period, notice to employer of etc.  
   38.     Return to work after parental leave  
   38A.    How and when a request or requirement as to parental leave or return to work can be made  
   38B.    Grounds for determining a request or making a requirement as to parental leave or return to work  
   39.     Effect of parental leave on service record  

   PART 5 -- Minimum conditions for employment changes with significant effect, and redundancy  

   40.     Terms used in this Part  
   41.     Employee to be informed  
   42.     Employer not bound to disclose prejudicial information  
   43.     Paid leave for job interviews, entitlement to  

   PART 6 -- Keeping of records  

   44.     Employment records to be kept by employer  
   45.     Access to records kept by employer  

   PART 7 -- Regulations  

   47.     Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Public holidays  
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