Industrial Relations Act 1984
61QNotice to be given of working conditions
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61Q Notice to be given of working conditions
[Section 61Q Inserted by No. 59 of 1992, s. 40 ]
(1) An employer of employees whose conditions of employment are affected by a registered enterprise agreement must cause a copy of the agreement to be displayed in a conspicuous place in all premises to which the agreement applies so as to be easily accessible to the employees in those premises.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(2) Before an employer bound by a registered enterprise agreement engages the services of a person as an employee who will be bound by conditions of employment specified in a registered enterprise agreement, the employer must give the person notice of the existence of the agreement and access to a copy, or to an accurate (but simply expressed) summary, of the agreement.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.