Transfer to a safe job. (a) Where an employee is pregnant and, in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner, illness or risks arising out of the pregnancy or hazards connected with the work assigned to the employee make it inadvisable for the employee to continue at her present work, the employee will, if the employer deems it practicable, be transferred to a safe job at the rate and on the conditions attaching to that job until the commencement of maternity leave. (b) If the transfer to a safe job is not practicable, the employee may elect, or the employer may require the employee to commence leave in accordance with Section 268 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
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Samples: Administration Staff Workplace Agreement, Nurses Workplace Agreement, Aged Care Workplace Agreement
Transfer to a safe job. (a) Where an employee is pregnant and, in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner, illness or risks arising out of the pregnancy or hazards connected with the work assigned to the employee make it inadvisable for the employee to continue at her present work, the employee will, if the employer deems it practicable, be transferred to a safe job at the rate and on the conditions attaching to that job until the commencement of maternity leave.
(b) If the transfer to a safe job is not practicable, the employee may elect, or the employer may require the employee to commence leave for in accordance with Section 268 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
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Samples: Nurses Workplace Agreement
Transfer to a safe job. (a) Where an employee is pregnant and, in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner, illness or risks arising out of the pregnancy or hazards connected with the work assigned to the employee make it inadvisable for the employee to continue at her present work, the employee will, if the employer deems it practicable, be transferred to a safe job at the rate and on the conditions attaching to that job until the commencement of maternity leave.
(b) If the transfer to a safe job is not practicable, the employee may elect, or the employer may require the employee to commence leave for in accordance with Section 268 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.the
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Samples: Workplace Agreement
Transfer to a safe job. (a) Where an employee is pregnant and, in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner, illness or risks arising out of the pregnancy or hazards connected with the work assigned to the employee make it inadvisable for the employee to continue at her present work, the employee will, if the employer deems it practicable, be transferred to a safe job at the rate and on the conditions attaching attached to that job until the commencement of maternity leave.
(b) If the transfer to a safe job is not practicable, the employee may elect, or the employer may require the employee to commence leave in accordance with Section 268 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
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Samples: Podiatrists Workplace Agreement