Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
Part —
employee does not include a casual employee or an
apprentice;
redundant means being no longer required by an
employer to continue doing a job because the employer has decided that the job
will not be done by any person.
(2) For the purposes
of this Part, an action of an employer has a significant effect on an employee
if —
(a)
there is to be a major change in the —
(i)
composition, operation or size of; or
(ii)
skills required in,
the employer’s
work-force that will affect the employee;
(b)
there is to be elimination or reduction of —
(i)
a job opportunity;
(ii)
a promotion opportunity; or
(iii)
job tenure,
for the employee;
(c) the
hours of the employee’s work are to significantly increase or decrease;
(d) the
employee is to be required to be retrained;
(e) the
employee is to be required to transfer to another job or work location; or
(f) the
employee’s job is to be restructured.
[Section 40 amended by No. 20 of 2002
s. 174; No. 44 of 2008 s. 56(7).]