Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00350:clause:1_789gg
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00350
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 789GG
Character Range: 24254–25853

789GG  Days of work etc.
 (1) If:
 (a) an employer of an employee qualifies for the jobkeeper scheme; and
 (b) the employer is entitled to one or more jobkeeper payments for the employee; and
 (c) the employer gives the employee a request to make an agreement with the employer under subsection (2);
the employee:
 (d) must consider the request; and
 (e) must not unreasonably refuse the request.
 (2) If:
 (a) after the commencement of this section, an employer and an employee of the employer agree in writing to the employee performing duties during a period (the relevant period):
 (i) on different days; or
 (ii) at different times;
  compared with the employee's ordinary days or times of work; and
 (b) when the agreement was made, the employer qualified for the jobkeeper scheme; and
 (c) the performance of the employee's duties on those days or at those times is:
 (i) safe, having regard to (without limitation) the nature and spread of COVID‑19; and
 (ii) reasonably within the scope of the employer's business operations; and
 (d) the agreement does not have the effect of reducing the employee's number of hours of work (compared with the employee's ordinary hours of work); and
 (e) the employer becomes entitled to one or more jobkeeper payments for the employee:
 (i) for a period that consists of or includes the relevant period; or
 (ii) for periods that, when considered together, consist of or include the relevant period;
the agreement is authorised by this section.
 (3) This section has effect despite a designated employment provision.

Division 5—Taking paid annual leave