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Industrial Relations Act 1996
102Continuity of service for determining entitlements
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#### 102 Continuity of service for determining entitlements
102 Continuity of service for determining entitlements
> > (1) This section applies for the purpose of determining a transferred employee’s entitlements as an employee of the new employer under an industrial instrument or the industrial relations legislation.
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> > (2) For the purpose of determining those entitlements—
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> > > (a) the continuity of the employee’s contract of employment is taken not to have been broken by the transfer of business, and
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> > > (b) a period of service with the former employer (including service before the commencement of this section) is taken to be a period of service with the new employer.
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> > (3) Service with the former employer includes service that because of this section or a former Act is taken to be service with that employer as a result of a previous transfer of the business.