57Length of service for eligibility

#### 57 Length of service for eligibility 57 Length of service for eligibility > > (1) An employee is entitled to parental leave only if the employee has had at least 12 months of continuous service with the employer. > > > (2) Continuous service is service under one or more unbroken contracts of employment, including— > > > > > (a) any period of authorised leave or absence, and > > > > > (b) any period of part-time work. > > > (3) However, in the case of a casual employee— > > > > > (a) the employee is entitled to parental leave only if the employee has had at least 12 months of continuous service with the employer as a regular casual employee (or partly as a regular casual employee and partly as a full-time or part-time employee), and > > > > > (b) continuous service is work for an employer on an unbroken regular and systematic basis (including any period of authorised leave or absence). > > Note. > > Under Part 8 of this Chapter a period of service in the business of a former employer counts as service with a new employer to whom the business concerned has been transferred. > > **s 57:** Am 2000 No 67, Sch 1 \[15\]; 2001 No 47, Sch 1 \[1\].