Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 720

720 Obligation to give union card

(1) If a person is admitted to membership of an organisation or a person’s membership of an organisation is renewed, the organisation must give a union card to the person as soon as practicable after the admission or renewal.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) The giving of a union card under this section does not prevent the organisation making an application under division 2 or the commission making a decision or order under division 2 .

(3) In this section—

"union card" means a document issued by an organisation acknowledging a person is a member of the organisation.