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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.475Power to recover unpaid wages and superannuation contribution etc.
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### sec.475 Power to recover unpaid wages and superannuation contribution etc.
On application by a person under section 476 , the commission may order payment of the following for the period of 6 years before the date of the application—
an employee’s unpaid wages;
an apprentice’s unpaid tool allowance under section 137 ;
remuneration lost by an apprentice or trainee because the employer has contravened section 371 (2) ;
contributions to the approved superannuation fund payable for an eligible employee that are unpaid.
A presidential member may, either before or after the start of a hearing, remit the application to a magistrate if the presidential member considers the application could be more conveniently heard by a magistrate, having regard to, for example, costs or the difficulty or expense of producing witnesses.
If the application is remitted to a magistrate, the magistrate may hear and decide the application as if it had been brought before the commission, and the magistrate’s decision is taken to be a decision of the commission.
(sec.475-ssec.1) On application by a person under section 476 , the commission may order payment of the following for the period of 6 years before the date of the application— an employee’s unpaid wages; an apprentice’s unpaid tool allowance under section 137 ; remuneration lost by an apprentice or trainee because the employer has contravened section 371 (2) ; contributions to the approved superannuation fund payable for an eligible employee that are unpaid.
(sec.475-ssec.2) A presidential member may, either before or after the start of a hearing, remit the application to a magistrate if the presidential member considers the application could be more conveniently heard by a magistrate, having regard to, for example, costs or the difficulty or expense of producing witnesses.
(sec.475-ssec.3) If the application is remitted to a magistrate, the magistrate may hear and decide the application as if it had been brought before the commission, and the magistrate’s decision is taken to be a decision of the commission.
- (a) an employee’s unpaid wages;
- (b) an apprentice’s unpaid tool allowance under section 137 ;
- (c) remuneration lost by an apprentice or trainee because the employer has contravened section 371 (2) ;
- (d) contributions to the approved superannuation fund payable for an eligible employee that are unpaid.