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Law and penalties

Industrial relations legislation
Acts, Regulations, codes of practice and other workplace legislation administered by the department

Awards and agreements
State awards, Federal awards, certified agreements, Queensland workplace agreements and industrial agreements

Compliance
How do you comply, what happens if you do not comply, self recovery kit for employees to recover unpaid wages and entitlements

Prosecutions
When can prosecution action take place, unresolved wage matters, other offences, Queensland workplace prosecutions

Penalties
Breaches of the Act, prosecutions, orders, appeals, schedule of offences and penalties

All Queensland government employees should contact the human resource area in their department for further information on what applies.

Last updated 22 July 2008

New laws about minimum entitlements commences on 1 September 2005

Legislation links:

Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Private Employment Agents Act 2005 (PDF, 396 KB)

Codes of Practice

For more information contact:

Queensland Government

Wageline information service 1300 369 945 for awards, rates of pay, wages and employment conditions

Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) for independent conciliation and arbitration of industrial matters

Non-Queensland Government

Young Workers Advisory Service 1800 232 000 for confidential and supportive free service to young workers

Department of Employment & Workplace Relations (DEWR) for employment and workplace relations services for Australians

WageNet for information about wages and conditions of employment covered by federal awards and agreements

Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) for case decisions and awards