Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2005
sec.76If employer unable to pay benefit
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sec.76 If employer unable to pay benefit
This section applies if the authority is satisfied that— a registered worker is, or was immediately before the registered worker’s death, entitled to long service leave, other than under this Act, for a period when the registered worker was engaged in performing cleaning work in the contract cleaning industry; and the employer who is liable to pay the entitlement can not pay the full amount of the entitlement. The employer may pay to the authority the amount (the paid amount ) that represents the amount of the entitlement, less an amount the employer would have been entitled to be paid under section 75 if the employer had paid the full amount of the entitlement to the registered worker or the personal representative of the registered worker. If the employer pays the paid amount to the authority— the authority must pay the amount of the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to— the registered worker; or if the registered worker has died—the personal representative of the registered worker; and the employer is taken to have complied with whichever of the following sections applies to the employer for the amount of the entitlement the employer is required to pay the registered worker— the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 2 , part 3 , division 9 , subdivision 5 ; the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 105 . s 76 amd 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 (sec.76-ssec.1) This section applies if the authority is satisfied that— a registered worker is, or was immediately before the registered worker’s death, entitled to long service leave, other than under this Act, for a period when the registered worker was engaged in performing cleaning work in the contract cleaning industry; and the employer who is liable to pay the entitlement can not pay the full amount of the entitlement. (sec.76-ssec.2) The employer may pay to the authority the amount (the paid amount ) that represents the amount of the entitlement, less an amount the employer would have been entitled to be paid under section 75 if the employer had paid the full amount of the entitlement to the registered worker or the personal representative of the registered worker. (sec.76-ssec.3) If the employer pays the paid amount to the authority— the authority must pay the amount of the registered worker’s long service leave entitlement mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to— the registered worker; or if the registered worker has died—the personal representative of the registered worker; and the employer is taken to have complied with whichever of the following sections applies to the employer for the amount of the entitlement the employer is required to pay the registered worker— the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 2 , part 3 , division 9 , subdivision 5 ; the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 105 .
- (a) a registered worker is, or was immediately before the registered worker’s death, entitled to long service leave, other than under this Act, for a period when the registered worker was engaged in performing cleaning work in the contract cleaning industry; and