Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 346

346 Inspecting employee register and index—registrar

(1) The registrar may inspect an employer’s employee register and index—

(a) at a workplace in the employer’s business hours; or

(b) by requesting electronic access to the time and wages record.

(2) The employer must—

(a) if the registrar inspects the time and wages record at a workplace under subsection (1) (a) —allow the registrar to inspect the record; or

(b) if the registrar requests access to an electronic copy of the time and wages record under subsection (1) (b) —give the registrar electronic access to the record.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) The registrar may, by notice, direct the employer to give the register or index to a stated person, at a stated reasonable time and place, if—

(a) the registrar requires the register or index for a ballot; or

(b) the registrar considers the direction is necessary to ensure an order of the court or commission requiring the register or index to be made available is complied with.

(4) The employer must comply with the direction.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —40 penalty units.