Employers to keep records
57 Employers to keep records
An employer for a covered industry must keep a written record showing the relevant particulars for each employee who carries out work for the person.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
An employer must keep the written record for 7 years after the day the employee stops being employed by the employer.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
In this section:
relevant particulars, for an employee of an employer, means—
the employee’s name and date of birth; and
the nature of the work carried out by the employee; and
the employee’s ordinary remuneration for each quarter; and
the number of days worked by the employee in each quarter; and
the date when the employee began service with the employer; and
long service leave granted, or payment made instead of leave, to the employee; and
if the employee stops service with the employer—the date the employee stops service.
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