5ACOVID-19 pandemic—protection of annual holiday entitlements

5A COVID-19 pandemic—protection of annual holiday entitlements

5A COVID-19 pandemic—protection of annual holiday entitlements

(1) The annual holidays of a worker who is stood down by an employer without pay during the prescribed period as a direct or indirect result of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to accrue while the worker is stood down during that period.

(2) This section extends to annual holidays or annual leave under an award, agreement or contract of employment or any other Act.

(3) In this section—

prescribed period means the period—

(a) starting on 25 March 2020, and

(b) ending on—

(i) 30 September 2021, or

(ii) a later day, not later than 31 March 2022, prescribed by the regulations.

s 5A: Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.1[1]. Am 2021 No 5, Sch 1.1.