Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A training
contract is a contract under which —
(a) a
person who is or will be an employer agrees the following —
(i)
that a person who is or will be an employee will be
employed while he or she fulfils the requirements of the contract in order to
obtain a class A or class B qualification;
(ii)
to train the employee in accordance with the contract;
(iii)
to permit the employee to fulfil his or her obligations
under the contract and to be trained and assessed in accordance with the
contract;
(iv)
that any time spent by the employee in performing his or
her obligations under the contract and in being trained and assessed under the
contract, whether at the employer’s workplace or not, is to be taken for
all purposes (including the payment of remuneration) to be time spent working
for the employer;
and
(b) the
employee agrees to fulfil his or her obligations under the contract and to be
trained and assessed in accordance with the contract.
(2) With the approval
of the chief executive, 2 or more employers may enter into a training contract
with one apprentice.
(3) A training
contract must do the following —
(a)
state the class A or class B qualification to which the contract relates;
(b)
comply with the regulations and with any requirements imposed under the
regulations.
(4) Subject to the
regulations, a training contract —
(a) may
be varied by the parties; and
(b) may
be suspended by a party; and
(c) may
be assigned by the employer to another person who employs the apprentice.
[Section 60E inserted by No. 44 of 2008
s. 39.]