Industrial Relations Act 1996
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69 Replacement employees
69 Replacement employees
(1) A replacement employee is a person who is specifically employed as a result of an employee proceeding on parental leave (including as a replacement for an employee who has been temporarily promoted or transferred in order to replace the employee proceeding on parental leave).
(2) Before a replacement employee is employed, the employer must inform the person of the temporary nature of the employment and of the rights of the employee on parental leave to return to work.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(3) A reference in this section to an employee proceeding on parental leave includes a reference to a pregnant employee exercising a right under section 70 to be transferred to a safe job.