Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 475

475 Power to recover unpaid wages and superannuation contribution etc.

(1) On application by a person under section 476 , the commission may order payment of the following for the period of 6 years before the date of the application—

(a) an employee’s unpaid wages;

(b) an apprentice’s unpaid tool allowance under section 137 ;

(c) remuneration lost by an apprentice or trainee because the employer has contravened section 371 (2) ;

(d) contributions to the approved superannuation fund payable for an eligible employee that are unpaid.

(2) A presidential member may, either before or after the start of a hearing, remit the application to a magistrate if the presidential member considers the application could be more conveniently heard by a magistrate, having regard to, for example, costs or the difficulty or expense of producing witnesses.

(3) If the application is remitted to a magistrate, the magistrate may hear and decide the application as if it had been brought before the commission, and the magistrate’s decision is taken to be a decision of the commission.