Long Service Leave Act 1976

An employer commits an offence if the employer does not, for each employee, keep a record of—

the name, occupation and classification of the employee; and

whether the employee is full-time, part-time or casual; and

the employee’s ordinary remuneration, including the base rate of pay and any loading payable to the employee, and the purpose of the loading; and

the number of hours the employee works each week; and

the date when the employee starts as an employee; and

any annual leave the employee takes; and

the employee’s entitlement to long service leave; and

long service leave granted, or payment instead of leave made, to the employee; and

if the person ceases to be employed by the employer—the date when, and reason, the employee ceases to be employed; and

the employee’s date of birth; and

if overtime may be paid to the employee under an award or agreement—

the number of hours the employee works each day; and

when the employee starts and stops work; and

the name of each award or agreement under which the employee has entitlements.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

An employer must keep a record made under subsection (1) for an employee—

if the employee’s service ends on the employee’s death—for 7 years after the day all amounts owing to the employee’s legal personal representative are paid; and

in any other case—for 7 years after the day the employee’s service ends.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

An employer commits an offence if—

an authorised officer asks to inspect a record kept for this section; and

the employer does not make the record available for inspection by the authorised officer at the employer’s usual place of business during hours when the employer’s business is normally conducted at the place.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.