Community Services Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2020
sec.79Authority may pay if employer insolvent
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sec.79 Authority may pay if employer insolvent
This section applies if— the employer of a registered worker is or becomes an insolvent under administration, or a body corporate that is taken to be under external administration; and the registered worker has a long service leave entitlement. The authority may pay the registered worker, or the worker’s personal representative, the difference between— the amount of the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement; and an amount the worker or personal representative has received from or on behalf of the employer for the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement. In this section— external administration see Corporations Act , schedule 2 , section 5-15 . (sec.79-ssec.1) This section applies if— the employer of a registered worker is or becomes an insolvent under administration, or a body corporate that is taken to be under external administration; and the registered worker has a long service leave entitlement. (sec.79-ssec.2) The authority may pay the registered worker, or the worker’s personal representative, the difference between— the amount of the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement; and an amount the worker or personal representative has received from or on behalf of the employer for the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement. (sec.79-ssec.3) In this section— external administration see Corporations Act , schedule 2 , section 5-15 .
- (a) the employer of a registered worker is or becomes an insolvent under administration, or a body corporate that is taken to be under external administration; and
- (b) the registered worker has a long service leave entitlement.
- (a) the amount of the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement; and
- (b) an amount the worker or personal representative has received from or on behalf of the employer for the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement.