Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 375

375 Payment of unpaid wages if employee’s whereabouts unknown

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) an employer can not comply with section 373 because the former employee’s whereabouts are unknown to the employer and can not be discovered by the employer with reasonable diligence; and

(b) the inability continues for 30 days after cessation of employment by the former employee.

(2) The employer, immediately at the end of the 30 days, must pay the wages payable to the former employee to the public trustee.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) The receipt of the public trustee for the payment is a full discharge to the employer for the amount stated in the receipt.

(4) The public trustee must deal with the amount as unclaimed moneys under the Public Trustee Act 1978 .

(5) This section does not apply if the employer has complied with an inspector’s demand made under section 915 .

(6) In this section—

"public trustee" means the public trustee under the Public Trustee Act 1978 .