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(1) This section applies if an employer of an apprentice or trainee is unable, because of an industrial occurrence, to keep the apprentice or trainee fully employed during the normal working hours of a day.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) and with the prior approval of the CEO, the employer may deduct from the wages due to the apprentice or trainee an amount equal to the wages for the part of the day, in excess of 20 minutes, during which the apprentice or trainee could not be fully employed.
(3) An apprentice or trainee who is required to attend for work on a day but, because of an industrial occurrence, cannot be fully employed during the normal working hours of the day, is entitled to receive payment equal to the apprentice's or trainee's wages for 2 hours work.
(4) An apprentice or trainee who starts work on a day but, because of an industrial occurrence, cannot be fully employed during the normal working hours of the day is entitled to receive payment equal to the greater of the following:
the apprentice's or trainee's wages for 4 hours work;
(b) the apprentice's or trainee's wages for the number of hours actually worked by the apprentice or trainee on that day.
In this section:
industrial occurrence means a breakdown in machinery or a stoppage of work for a reason for which an employer cannot reasonably be held responsible.
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