Employer obligations in relation to employee records
535 Employer obligations in relation to employee records
An employer must make, and keep for 7 years, employee records of the kind prescribed by the regulations in relation to each of its employees.
This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part 4‑1).
The records must:
if a form is prescribed by the regulations—be in that form; and
include any information prescribed by the regulations.
This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part 4‑1).
The regulations may provide for the inspection of those records.
If an employer fails to comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3), the employer may bear the burden of disproving allegations in proceedings relating to a contravention of certain civil remedy provisions: see section 557C.
An employer must not make or keep a record for the purposes of this section that the employer knows is false or misleading.
This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part 4‑1).
Subsection (4) does not apply if the record is not false or misleading in a material particular.
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