Industrial Relations Act 2016

An employee may authorise the employee’s employer to give information about the employee to an employee organisation.

The authorisation may be given to the employer—

directly by the employee; or

by an employee organisation on behalf of the employee.

The authorisation—

must be in writing and legible; and

must state—

the name of the employee; and

the name of the employee’s employer; and

the information to which the authorisation applies; and

the name of the employee organisation that may request the information and to which the information must be given; and

must be signed by the employee, including by electronic signature; and

may be made electronically.

The authorisation has effect until the earliest of the following events happens—

the authorisation is withdrawn by the employee;

the employee’s employment with the employer ends;

there is a break in the employee’s continuity of employment of longer than 3 months.

The employer must keep an authorisation given under this section at, or in a place where it can be accessed from, a workplace of the employer in Queensland.

Note—

This subsection is a civil penalty provision.