Wages recovery orders
Applications to the Industrial Magistrates Court or the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission for a wages recovery order may be used where non-payment of wages has arisen from differing opinions over the interpretation of an industrial law or where disputed facts are in question.
The merits of such applications are decided on the balance of probabilities by the relevant tribunals and result in no convictions or penalties imposed on the employer in question.
The use of applications is not appropriate where wilful or repetitive behaviour is involved in the offence or where the employer has a poor industrial relations compliance history.
Use the following application for wage recovery and submit to:
Industrial Magistrates Court (form 3) (PDF, 13 KB)
Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (form 3) (PDF, 23 KB)
Last updated December 13, 2005
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