Workplace Relations Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 114 Workplace Relations Act 1997 WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 34 (Exclusion of employees from ch 5—Act, s 216) . . . . 2

s1 2 s4 Workplace Relations Amendment (No. 1) No. 114, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1997 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Workplace Relations Regulation 1997 . ˙ Commencement 3. This regulation commences on 1 July 1997. ˙ Amendment of s 34 (Exclusion of employees from ch 5—Act, s 216) 4.(1) Section 34(3)— renumber as section 34(5) (2) Section 34— insert— ‘ (3) An employee is excluded from the operation of chapter 5, part 2 in as far as a dismissal is harsh, unjust or unreasonable if— (a) the employee is employed by an employer whose undertaking employs no more than 15 employees when either of the following first happens— (i) the employer gives the employee notice of dismissal; (ii) the employer dismisses the employee; and (b) the employee was first employed by the employer on or after 1 July 1997; and (c) the employee has not been employed by the employer— (i) for more than 1 year; or (ii) on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment during a period of more than 1 year.

s4 3 s4 Workplace Relations Amendment (No. 1) No. 114, 1997 ‘ (4) For subsection (3)(a), a casual employee is an employee of the employer’s undertaking only if the casual employee is employed on a regular and systematic basis.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 8 May 1997. 2. Notified in the gazette on 9 May 1997. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Training and Industrial Relations. © State of Queensland 1997