Cessation of employment
17 Cessation of employment
Where, on application to the Board in a form approved by the Board, the
Board is satisfied that—
—
a construction worker has attained an effective service entitlement of
1 820 days or more (but less than 2 600 days); or
a construction worker has attained an effective service entitlement of less than 1 820 days and has previously had an effective service entitlement of 2 600 days or more; or
a construction worker has attained an effective service entitlement of
2 600 days but has not taken all of the long service leave to which he or she is entitled; and
the construction worker has—
died;
or
ceased to work as a construction worker because of a physical or mental disability that will prevent him or her from working as a construction worker for a continuous period of 12 months or more; or
ceased to work as a construction worker and will not be working as a construction worker for a continuous period of 12 months or more (from the time when he or she ceased to work as a construction worker), the
Board must pay to the person (or his or her personal representative) an amount calculated as follows:
where—
A is the amount payable
OWP is the person's ordinary weekly pay applicable under this Act as at—
— if the worker has died—the day of death;
— in any other case—the day on which the person ceased work as a construction worker
D is the effective service entitlement (expressed in days).
If the Board rejects an application under subsection (1), the Board must give the applicant written notice of its decision (setting out a brief statement of the Board's reasons for making its decision).
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