Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 15

    (1)     This section applies to an individual (the outworker ) who is engaged by a person (the principal ) under a contract for services to treat or manufacture articles or materials, or to perform other services—

        (a)     in the outworker's own home; or

        (b)     on other premises not under the control or management of the principal.

    (2)     To remove doubt, the outworker is taken to be a worker employed by the principal if—

        (a)     the outworker is taken to be a worker employed by the principal under section 11 (Regular contractors and casuals); or

        (b)     the outworker is taken to be a worker employed by the principal under section 12 (Labour hire arrangements).

Example of an outworker

A keyboard operator engaged under a contract for services by an information technology firm to undertake data conversion for the firm (or for another firm) in the operator's home.