Employee start and end date

The Corporation has introduced practical definitions for both start and end dates to assist employers in meeting their obligations under the Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2010 (the Act).

For a ‘worker’ who is an employee, the ‘engagement period’ is taken to start on:
  1. A date agreed to by both parties for the employee to commence provision of cleaning work in NSW, or
  2. In the absence of an agreed date, the date the offer of employment to perform cleaning work in NSW is accepted by the employee, or
  3. A date provided for in any applicable industrial instrument, or
  4. In absence of any of the above dates, either the first date eligible work was performed or the first date of the first quarter in which the worker performed eligible work will be used.
The ‘engagement period’ is taken to end on:
  1. A date agreed to by both parties that the contract of service to perform cleaning work in NSW will end, or
  2. The date the employer terminates the employee’s contract of service, or
  3. The date the employee terminates the contract of service, or
  4. In absence of any of the above dates, either the last date eligible work was performed or the last date of the last quarter in which the worker performed eligible work will be used.
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