231Allowance

231 Allowance

(1)  If an employee who is entitled to leave of absence –

(a) dies; or

(b) retires from employment because of sickness or old age; or

(c) is compulsorily retired from employment because –

(i) of age; or

(ii) the position has been abolished; or

(iii) his or her services have become unnecessary –

without having taken any of the long service leave to which the person is entitled, the employee, or his or her personal representative, is entitled to an allowance calculated in accordance with subsection (2) .

(2)  The allowance payable under this section is an allowance equal to the salary that would be payable for the period of long service leave to which the employee is entitled immediately before retirement or death.