157Authorisation of jobs guarantee agreement

157 Authorisation of jobs guarantee agreement

157 Authorisation of jobs guarantee agreement

(1) The Treasurer may, on behalf of the State, enter into and give effect to an agreement (a jobs guarantee agreement) with the relevant casino operator that provides for—

(a) the minimum number of persons to be employed in relation to the casino without penalties becoming payable, and

(b) the penalties payable for failure to comply with the jobs guarantee agreement.

(2) To avoid doubt, another person or body may be a party to a jobs guarantee agreement.

Example of another person or body that may be a party to the jobs guarantee agreement—

a union representing persons employed at the casino or a close associate of the casino operator

(3) Without limiting subsection (1), a jobs guarantee agreement may provide for the following—

(a) a minimum number of persons to be employed in relation to the casino,

(b) the categories of roles in which persons are to be employed in relation to the casino,

(c) the minimum number, or proportion, of persons employed in each of the categories,

(d) the ways in which matters under paragraphs (a)–(c) are to be calculated,

(e) the penalties and other amounts payable by the relevant casino operator or close associate of the relevant casino operator for failure to comply with the requirement for a minimum number of persons to be employed at the casino, including how the penalties are to be calculated and when the penalties are payable,

(f) reports to be provided by the relevant casino operator or a close associate of the relevant casino operator for the purposes of the jobs guarantee agreement or to give effect to the jobs guarantee agreement.

(4) This section and a jobs guarantee agreement have effect despite anything to the contrary—

(a) in this Act or another law, or

(b) at general law, or

(c) in the relevant casino operator’s licence or an agreement or another instrument under this Act or another law.

(5) The Treasurer may, at any time, with the agreement of the relevant casino operator and any other party to the jobs guarantee agreement, vary the agreement.