9Transfer of records to new employer following transfer of business

9 Transfer of records to new employer following transfer of business

9 Transfer of records to new employer following transfer of business

(1) This section applies to the transfer of long service leave records from a former employer to a new employer following a transfer of business.

(2) The former employer must transfer to the new employer all long service leave records relating to transferred workers kept by the former employer.

(3) The new employer must keep the transferred records as if the records had been made by the new employer when the records were made by the former employer.

(4) The former employer must keep a copy of the transferred records for a period of at least 6 years after the records are made.

(5) In this section—

transfer of business means the transfer, transmission, conveyance, assignment or succession, whether by agreement or by operation of law, of the whole or part of a business, undertaking or establishment.

transferred worker means a person who becomes a worker employed by a new employer as a result of the transfer of business from the former employer to the new employer.