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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.133Continuity of service—apprentices or trainees
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### sec.133 Continuity of service—apprentices or trainees
This section applies if—
an employee, while employed with the employer, starts an apprenticeship or traineeship; or
the employer—
continues to employ an apprentice or trainee (the employee ) on the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship; or
re-employs the employee within 3 months after completion of the employee’s apprenticeship or traineeship.
The period of the apprenticeship or traineeship does not break the employee’s continuity of service.
(sec.133-ssec.1) This section applies if— an employee, while employed with the employer, starts an apprenticeship or traineeship; or the employer— continues to employ an apprentice or trainee (the employee ) on the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship; or re-employs the employee within 3 months after completion of the employee’s apprenticeship or traineeship.
(sec.133-ssec.2) The period of the apprenticeship or traineeship does not break the employee’s continuity of service.
- (a) an employee, while employed with the employer, starts an apprenticeship or traineeship; or
- (b) the employer— (i) continues to employ an apprentice or trainee (the employee ) on the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship; or (ii) re-employs the employee within 3 months after completion of the employee’s apprenticeship or traineeship.
- (i) continues to employ an apprentice or trainee (the employee ) on the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship; or
- (ii) re-employs the employee within 3 months after completion of the employee’s apprenticeship or traineeship.
- (i) continues to employ an apprentice or trainee (the employee ) on the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship; or
- (ii) re-employs the employee within 3 months after completion of the employee’s apprenticeship or traineeship.