6.1 Awards and legal obligations related to employment
Contractors must ensure that their subcontractors, agents, and suppliers engaged in relation to contracts with government and other signatories, comply with their legal obligations regarding their employees, including outworkers. Any information that a contractor obtains to confirm that award and legal obligations are being met must be obtained through proper and lawful means, and in a way that respects confidentiality.
Awards set out the minimum conditions of employment and are legally binding on, contractors, subcontractors, agents, suppliers and employers who engage outworkers and/or employees. All employers should be aware of the awards, whether Federal or Queensland or other relevant employment law, to which they are bound, and must meet applicable award and legal obligations regarding their employees, including outworkers.
Certified or workplace agreements or other workplace arrangements which have been approved under either the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (Queensland) or Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Commonwealth) or other relevant employment law are legally enforceable, and must be complied with by the parties to the agreements or arrangements.
Employers are also required to ensure compliance with all other relevant laws governing the giving out of work and employment conditions (including those relating to outworkers) such as: training, occupational health and safety, workers compensation, discrimination, legal age of employment, superannuation, and taxation.
Last updated May 18, 2005
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