28Meaning of “engagement period”

28 Meaning of “engagement period”

28 Meaning of “engagement period”

(1) In this Act, engagement period, for a worker who is an employee, means the period—

(a) starting on the day the person is engaged by an employer as a worker, and

(b) ending on the day the person ceases being engaged by an employer as a worker.

(2) For subsection (1), it is not relevant whether the employer who engages the worker is the employer who ceases engaging the worker.

(3) In this Act, engagement period, for a worker who is a contractor, means the period—

(a) starting on the day the person starts doing community service work as a contractor, and

(b) ending on the day the person ceases doing community service work as a contractor.

(4) In this Act, engagement period, for a worker, includes any day on which the worker did not do community service work—

(a) because of incapacity for work for which the worker is entitled to compensation under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, or

(b) for a worker who is an employee—because the worker had been dismissed by the worker’s employer to ensure the worker did not take long service leave during the worker’s employment.

(5) The Corporation may, on request of an employer or worker, determine the day on which an engagement period starts or ends.