6Other exemptions from unfair dismissal provisions

6 Other exemptions from unfair dismissal provisions

6 Other exemptions from unfair dismissal provisions

(1) For the purposes of section 83(2) of the Act, the following classes of employees are exempted from Part 6 of Chapter 2 of the Act—

(a) employees engaged under a contract of employment for a specified period of less than 6 months,

(b) employees engaged under a contract of employment for a specific task,

(c) employees serving a period of probation or qualifying period if—

(i) the period, or the maximum duration of the period, is determined in advance, and

(ii) the period, or the maximum duration of the period, is either—

(A) 3 months or less, or

(B) if the period, or the maximum duration, is more than 3 months—reasonable, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the employment,

(d) employees engaged on a casual basis for a short period except employees who—

(i) are engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment during a period of at least 6 months, and

(ii) would, but for the dismissal, have had a reasonable expectation of continuing employment with the employer.

(2) This clause applies only with respect to dismissals under contracts of employment entered into on or after 1 October 1997.