Meaning of the expression “continuously employed.”

(1) A worker whose employment is of a casual nature but who has worked for an aggregate of one hundred and eighty days within any calendar year for at least the continuous period specified in section 183 (1) and (2) with the same employer, 113 shall be deemed to be continuously employed for the purpose of (2) Where one period of employment is less than six months but is followed by another period of employment commencing within the next following six months from the last date of employment, the two periods shall, for the purpose of determining terminal benefits, be deemed to be one continuous (3) The employment of a person with an employer is deemed continuous whether or not the person remains in the same post within that job. (4) An employee’s continuous employment shall not be treated as interrupted if the employee is absent from work due to– (a) annual leave, maternity leave, sick leave or any other leave in accordance with the provisions of any law, contract or agreement; (b) the worker’s suspension with or without pay, in accordance with any law or any contract or (c) that worker’s termination of employment prior to being reinstated or re-engaged in, his previous employment in accordance with this Act, or any other law or under any contract or (d) having been temporarily laid-off by the employer for a period not exceeding six (e) a lockout; or 114 (f) non-fulfilment of the contract of employment or agreement of the employer. (5) Any period of time elapsing in the circumstances referred to in sub-section (4), shall count for the purposes of calculating the continuous period of employment. (6) Any period of time elapsing between the end of a probationary period and the commencement of employment with the same employer, shall count for the purpose of calculating the continuous period of employment. (7) Any period during which an employee is absent from work because of his participation in a lawful strike, shall not interrupt the continuity of employment. (8) Periods of short term contracts granted in succession with less than thirty-day intervals, shall count for the purpose of calculating the continuous period of employment. (9) Acceptance of severance pay by an employee shall terminate the continuous period of employment.