Parliamentary Service Act 1988
sec.49Clerk and parliamentary service officers and employees are employees in industrial law
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sec.49 Clerk and parliamentary service officers and employees are employees in industrial law
Each parliamentary service officer or employee who receives salary or wages (other than on a contract basis) is an employee and the Clerk is his or her employer within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 and that Act applies to them accordingly. The Clerk is an employee and the Speaker is the Clerk’s employer within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 and that Act applies to them accordingly. s 49 amd 1995 No. 38 s 35 sch 1 ; 1999 No. 33 s 747 sch 3 sub 2011 No. 24 s 70 amd 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 (sec.49-ssec.1) Each parliamentary service officer or employee who receives salary or wages (other than on a contract basis) is an employee and the Clerk is his or her employer within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 and that Act applies to them accordingly. (sec.49-ssec.2) The Clerk is an employee and the Speaker is the Clerk’s employer within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 and that Act applies to them accordingly.