69IEmployee may elect to transfer to new employer

1. An employee to whom this subpart applies may, before the date provided to the employee under section 69G(1)(d), elect to transfer to the new employer.

2. If an employee elects to transfer to the new employer, then, to the extent that the employee's work is to be performed by the new employer, the employee—

3. becomes an employee of the new employer on and from the specified date; and
4. is employed by the new employer on the same terms and conditions as applied to the employee immediately before the specified date, including terms and conditions relating to whether the employee is employed full-time or part-time; and
5. is not entitled to any redundancy entitlements under those terms and conditions of employment from the employee's previous employer because of the transfer.

6. To avoid doubt,—

7. the election of an employee to transfer to a new employer may result in the employee being employed by more than 1 employer if—
   1. only part of the employee's work is affected by the restructuring; or
   2. the work performed by the employee will be performed by or on behalf of more than 1 new employer; and
8. a person becomes the new employer of an employee who elects to transfer to the new employer whether or not the new employer—
   1. has, or intends to have, employees performing the same type of work as (or work that is substantially similar to) the work performed by the employee who has elected to transfer to the new employer; or
   2. was an employer before the employee transferred to the new employer; and
9. this section does not affect the employment agreement of an employee who elects not to transfer to the new employer.

Example

This example relates to subsection (3)(a). A retailer owns 3 gift shops and engages an independent contractor to clean the shops. The independent contractor employs a cleaner to clean the gift shops.

The cleaning contract between the retailer and the independent contractor expires.

The retailer enters into a cleaning contract with a second independent contractor for the cleaning of 1 shop, and enters into a new cleaning contract with the first independent contractor for the cleaning of the other 2 shops.

As a result, the first independent contractor no longer requires the cleaner to clean 1 of the shops.

The cleaner may elect to transfer and become an employee of the second independent contractor in relation to 1 shop while remaining an employee of the first independent contractor in relation to the other 2 shops.

10. In this section, specified date means the date on which the restructuring takes effect.