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(c) Long service leave portability — under the Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009 an employee is defined in section 9 as:

(1) An individual is an employee for a covered industry if the individual—

a. is—

i. employed by an employer for the industry (whether in the ACT or elsewhere); or

ii. declared to be an employee for the industry under section12; and

b. is not declared not to be an employee for the industry under section 13.

(2) In this section: employed includes employed as—

a. a full-time employee; or

b. a part-time employee; or

c. a casual employee; or

d. a person remunerated at piecework rates or completely or partly by commission; or

e. an apprentice.

Note For this Act, an individual declared to be an employee of a stated employer is taken to be employed by the employer (see s12(5))

(d) Working with vulnerable people — under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 an employee is not defined.

(e) Anti-discrimination — under the Discrimination Act 1991 an employee is not defined.

(f) Anti-bullying and harassment — employee is not defined for the purposes of bullying and harassment regulation, to the extent that bullying and harassment is covered under work health and safety legislation and other legislation the relevant definitions in those statutes would apply.

Housing ACT—commercial tenancies
(Question No 2924)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, upon notice, on 21 February 2020:

(1) How many noise complaints have been received from ACT Housing tenants about the My Local Gym premises in a public housing building in Amaroo.

(2) Are leasing arrangements for the commercial premises in the building managed directly by ACT Housing, or through a service provider, eg real estate agent.

(3) Did ACT Housing approve the gym tenancy; if so, when.

(4) Does ACT Housing have procedures in place to ensure that commercial tenancies in buildings in which ACT Housing tenants live will not compromise the wellbeing of tenants.; if so, can the Minister provide details of the procedures.


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