Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:1_92a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 92A
Character Range: 158159–160182

92A  Definitions

  In this Division:

annual leave has the meaning given by subsection 92D(1).

authorised leave means leave, or an absence, whether paid or unpaid, that is authorised:
 (a) by an employee's employer; or
 (b) by or under a term or condition of an employee's employment; or
 (c) by or under a law, or an instrument in force under a law, of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

basic periodic rate of pay has the meaning given by section 90B.

Note: See also section 92C.

continuous service, in relation to a period of an employee's service with an employer, means service with the employer as an employee (other than a casual employee) during the whole of the period, including (as a part of the period) any period of authorised leave.

employee means an employee to whom this Division applies under section 92.

nominal hours worked has the meaning given by section 92AA.

Note: See also section 92C.

piece rate employee means an employee who is paid a piece rate of pay within the meaning of section 90B.

public holiday means:
 (a) a day declared by or under a law of a State or Territory to be observed generally within the State or Territory, or a region of that State or Territory, as a public holiday by people who work in that State, Territory or region, other than:
 (i) a union picnic day; or
 (ii) a day, or kind of day, that is excluded by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph from counting as a public holiday; or
 (b) a day that, under (or in accordance with a procedure under) a law of a State or Territory, or an award or workplace agreement, is substituted for a day referred to in paragraph (a).

shift worker means:
 (a) an employee who:
 (i) is employed in a business in which shifts are continuously rostered 24 hours a day for 7 days a week; and
 (ii) is regularly rostered to work those shifts; and
 (iii) regularly works on Sundays and public holidays; or
 (b) an employee of a type that is prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.