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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.304Misrepresentation to engage as independent contractor
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### sec.304 Misrepresentation to engage as independent contractor
An employer who employs, or has at any time employed, an individual to perform particular work must not make a statement that the employer knows is false in order to persuade or influence the individual to enter into a contract for services under which the individual will perform, as an independent contractor, the same, or substantially the same, work for the employer.
This section is a civil penalty provision.