sec.186Entitlement to long service leave

sec.186 Entitlement to long service leave

A GOE industry employee is entitled to long service leave under this part if— the employee has at least 10 years continuous service; or the employee resigns because of a domestic or other pressing necessity and has at least 7 years continuous service ending when the person resigns; or the person dies or resigns and has at least 5 years continuous service ending when the person dies or resigns. However, subsection (1) (c) applies to an employee who resigns before reaching 55 only if the employee gives to the employer a certificate, from an appropriate doctor, stating the person can not continue in the person’s present employment because of the employee’s ill health. This part does not limit another entitlement to long service leave that the employee may have. In this section— appropriate doctor means a doctor who the employer is satisfied has the appropriate expertise to decide whether or not the person is able to continue in the person’s present employment. (sec.186-ssec.1) A GOE industry employee is entitled to long service leave under this part if— the employee has at least 10 years continuous service; or the employee resigns because of a domestic or other pressing necessity and has at least 7 years continuous service ending when the person resigns; or the person dies or resigns and has at least 5 years continuous service ending when the person dies or resigns. (sec.186-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) (c) applies to an employee who resigns before reaching 55 only if the employee gives to the employer a certificate, from an appropriate doctor, stating the person can not continue in the person’s present employment because of the employee’s ill health. (sec.186-ssec.3) This part does not limit another entitlement to long service leave that the employee may have. (sec.186-ssec.4) In this section— appropriate doctor means a doctor who the employer is satisfied has the appropriate expertise to decide whether or not the person is able to continue in the person’s present employment.

• (a) the employee has at least 10 years continuous service; or
• (b) the employee resigns because of a domestic or other pressing necessity and has at least 7 years continuous service ending when the person resigns; or
• (c) the person dies or resigns and has at least 5 years continuous service ending when the person dies or resigns.