Further Education and Training Act 2014
sec.58Employer to report notifiable events
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sec.58 Employer to report notifiable events
This section applies if any of the following events (a notifiable event ) happens in relation to a registered training contract— the employer sells or disposes of the employer’s business to someone else (the purchaser ); the employer is a partnership and the partnership is dissolved; the employer decides— the apprentice or trainee is unlikely to meet the requirements of his or her training plan; or the training required under the apprentice’s or trainee’s training plan can not be completed within the nominal term of the contract; the employment of the apprentice or trainee has ceased; the apprentice or trainee has— made an application for unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cwlth) , section 394 ; or made an application for reinstatement under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 317 ; or commenced another proceeding contesting the cessation of employment. The employer must give the chief executive signed notice of the notifiable event within 14 days after the notifiable event happens. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. Subsection (4) applies if— the notifiable event is an event mentioned in subsection (1) (a) ; and the purchaser agrees to continue training the apprentice or trainee under the registered training contract. The purchaser must give the chief executive signed notice of the purchaser’s agreement to continue training the apprentice or trainee under the registered training contract within 14 days after the notifiable event happens. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. s 58 amd 2019 No. 33 s 15 (sec.58-ssec.1) This section applies if any of the following events (a notifiable event ) happens in relation to a registered training contract— the employer sells or disposes of the employer’s business to someone else (the purchaser ); the employer is a partnership and the partnership is dissolved; the employer decides— the apprentice or trainee is unlikely to meet the requirements of his or her training plan; or the training required under the apprentice’s or trainee’s training plan can not be completed within the nominal term of the contract; the employment of the apprentice or trainee has ceased; the apprentice or trainee has— made an application for unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cwlth) , section 394 ; or made an application for reinstatement under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 317 ; or commenced another proceeding contesting the cessation of employment. (sec.58-ssec.2) The employer must give the chief executive signed notice of the notifiable event within 14 days after the notifiable event happens. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.58-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if— the notifiable event is an event mentioned in subsection (1) (a) ; and the purchaser agrees to continue training the apprentice or trainee under the registered training contract. (sec.58-ssec.4) The purchaser must give the chief executive signed notice of the purchaser’s agreement to continue training the apprentice or trainee under the registered training contract within 14 days after the notifiable event happens. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.