Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 341

341 Employee register

(1) An employer must keep an employee register that contains the following particulars for each employee—

(a) the employee’s full name and residential address;

(b) for a person who is residing other than at the person’s permanent residence when the person becomes an employee—the person’s permanent residential address and the address of the person’s other residence;

(c) the calling in which the employee is engaged;

(d) the date the employee became an employee of the employer;

(e) if appropriate, the date the employee stopped employment with the employer.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) If an employer has more than 100 employees and the register is not an alphabetical index, the employer must keep an alphabetical index of the employee’s names.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) Within 14 days after a change in an employee’s calling, the employer must enter in the register particulars of the change and the date the change happened.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) An employee must tell the employer—

(a) the employee’s residential address whenever asked by the employer; and

(b) if the employee changes the employee’s residential address—the new address immediately.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(5) Particulars must be entered in a register opposite and relative to the name of the employee to whom the particulars relate.

(6) If an employer carries on business at more than 1 place, the employer must keep a register for each place.