Time and wages records

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• Where will you find your time and wages record requirements?

  The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) and the Fair Work Regulations 2009 set out the minimum time and wages record-keeping requirements for all national system employers.
  Feb 01, 2019

• Employee record obligations

  You must make and maintain accurate employee records for all your employees.
  Feb 01, 2019

• What are your time and wages record requirements?

  National system employers are required to do two things.
  Feb 01, 2019

• Checklist: Information to include in your employee records

  Make and retain records of this information in your employees’ records that contain the following details.
  Feb 01, 2019

• Are you required to give anyone access to employee records?

  Generally, employee records are private and confidential, and no one can access them other than the employee, their employer and relevant payroll staff.
  Feb 01, 2019

• Giving employees and former employees access to employee records

  You must make a copy of an employee record in a legible form available for inspection and copying on request by the employee or former employee to whom the record relates.
  Feb 01, 2019

• Giving Fair Work inspectors access to employee records

  A Fair Work inspector is appointed by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) to visit workplaces to ensure that employers and employees comply with the FW Act.
  Feb 01, 2019

• Giving union officials access to employee records

  A union official may issue a notice to you while at your premises (or within 5 days of entry) requiring you to produce records relevant to a suspected breach of an industrial instrument within 14 days (or a later date)...
  Feb 01, 2019

• Giving a new employer access to employee records

  If there is a transfer of business for the purposes of the FW Act, the old employer must transfer to the new employer each employee record concerning a transferring employee that the old employer was required to keep under the...
  Feb 01, 2019

• Can you alter pay information in an employee record?

  You are able to alter a pay record if there is an error you need to correct. You must correct any error in a pay record as soon as you become aware of it.
  Feb 01, 2019

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