Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 903

             (1)  A person who employs, or has at any time employed, an individual to perform particular work contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person makes a statement that the person knows is false; and

                     (b)  the person's intention in making the statement is to persuade or influence the individual to enter into a contract for services under which the individual will perform, as an independent contractor, the same work, or substantially the same work, for the person.

             (2)  Subsection (1) is a civil remedy provision.

Note:          Division 3 of Part 14 contains other provisions relevant to civil remedies.