Queensland Numbered Acts

PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENTS ACT 2005 No. 15 - SECT 4

(1) A person is a private employment agent if the person, in the course of carrying on business and for gain--

(a) offers to find--

(i) casual, part-time, temporary, permanent or contract work for a person; or

(ii) a casual, part-time, temporary, permanent or contract worker for a person; or

(b) negotiates the terms of contract work for a model or performer; or

(c) administers a contract for a model or performer and arranges payments under it; or

(d) provides career advice for a model or performer.

(2) However, a person is not a private employment agent only because the person publishes--

(a) for someone else, an advertisement about employment opportunities; or

(b) an advertisement offering employment opportunities with the person.

(3) Also, a person is not a private employment agent if, for an agreed rate of payment to the person--

(a) the person makes a worker of the person available to perform work, whether under a contract of service or a contract for service, for a client of the person; and

(b) the worker works under the client's direction; and

(c) the person is responsible for performing the obligations owed by a person to the worker, including paying the worker for the work.