Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017
sec.8Meaning of worker
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sec.8 Meaning of worker
An individual is a worker for a provider if the individual enters into an arrangement with the provider under which— the provider may supply, to another person, the individual to do work; and the provider is obliged to pay the worker, in whole or part, for the work. However, an individual is not a worker if the individual is, or is of a class of individual, prescribed by regulation. To remove any doubt, it is declared that a worker includes an apprentice or trainee under a training contract entered into with a provider who is a group training organisation or principal employer organisation under the Further Education and Training Act 2014 . (sec.8-ssec.1) An individual is a worker for a provider if the individual enters into an arrangement with the provider under which— the provider may supply, to another person, the individual to do work; and the provider is obliged to pay the worker, in whole or part, for the work. (sec.8-ssec.2) However, an individual is not a worker if the individual is, or is of a class of individual, prescribed by regulation. (sec.8-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a worker includes an apprentice or trainee under a training contract entered into with a provider who is a group training organisation or principal employer organisation under the Further Education and Training Act 2014 .
- (a) the provider may supply, to another person, the individual to do work; and
- (b) the provider is obliged to pay the worker, in whole or part, for the work.