59Grant of leave by employers—contract cleaning industry

59 Grant of leave by employers—contract cleaning industry

59 Grant of leave by employers—contract cleaning industry

(1) The employer of a registered worker for the contract cleaning industry is guilty of an offence if—

(a) the worker becomes entitled to long service leave under this Act, and

(b) the employer does not grant the worker the long service leave before the end of the prescribed period.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Long service leave must not be granted for a period of less than 2 weeks.

(3) In this section—

prescribed period, for long service leave to which a registered worker engaged by an employer for the contract cleaning industry is entitled, means—

(a) 6 months after the day on which the worker becomes entitled to the leave under this Act, or

(b) if the Corporation has allowed (on application by the employer or the worker) a period longer than 6 months—the period allowed by the Corporation, or

(c) if the employer and worker agree on a period longer than 6 months and less than 5 years—the period agreed.

(4) If an employer and a worker agree on a prescribed period as referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of prescribed period in subsection (3), the employer must give written notice to the Corporation of the agreed period within 7 days after the agreement is reached.