Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In
section 4(1) delete the definitions of:
employee
employer
industrial inspector
ordinary pay
(2) In
section 4(1) insert in alphabetical order:
continuous employment has the meaning given in
section 6;
employee —
(a)
means —
(i)
a person who is employed by an employer to do work for
hire or reward, including as an apprentice; or
(ii)
a person whose usual status is that of an employee;
and
(b)
includes a casual or seasonal employee;
employer includes any of the following employing 1
or more employees —
(a) a
person or public authority as defined in the IR Act;
(b)
except as provided in the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
(Commonwealth) section 12, a foreign state or consulate;
(c) a
related body corporate of the employer if the employer is itself a body
corporate;
employer-employee agreement has the meaning given
in the IR Act section 7(1);
industrial inspector has the meaning given in the
IR Act section 7(1);
IR Act means the Industrial Relations
Act 1979 ;
MCE Act means the
Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993 ;
ordinary pay has the meaning given in
Division 2;
related body corporate , of an employer that is a
body corporate, has the meaning given in the Corporations Act 2001
(Commonwealth) section 9.
(3) In
section 4(1) in the definitions of award , industrial agreement and
industrial magistrate’s court delete “
Industrial Relations Act 1979 ;” and insert:
IR Act;
(4) Delete
section 4(2) and (3).
Note: The heading to
amended section 4 is to read:
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