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s.31ZE
Written particulars of long service payment
(1)
On making any long service payment, the employer shall give to the person entitled to the payment a written statement indicating how the amount of the payment has been calculated.
(Amended
52 of 1988 s. 13
)
(2)
(a)
An employer who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine at level 3.
(b)
An employer who in a statement under subsection (1) includes anything which to his knowledge is false in a material particular, or recklessly includes anything which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine at level 5.
(Replaced
103 of 1995 s. 12
)
(3)
Without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence under subsection
(2
)(
a)
, if an employer fails to comply with the requirements of
subsection (1), the person entitled to the payment may by notice in writing to the
employer require the employer to give to the person entitled to the payment a
written statement complying with those requirements within such period (not being
less than 1 week beginning with the day on which the notice was given) as may be
specified in the notice.
(Amended
52 of 1988 s. 13
)
(4)
If, without reasonable excuse, an employer fails to comply with a notice under subsection (3) he commits an offence and is
liable—
(a)
in the case of a first conviction, to a fine at level 3; or
(b)
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine at level 5.
(Amended
24 of 1988 s. 2
;
103 of 1995 s. 12
)