Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE AGREEMENTS ACT 1993 - SECT 48

48 .         Access to records kept by employer

        (1)         An employer, on request in writing by a relevant person, must —

            (a)         produce to the person the records under section 47 relating to an employee to whom that section applies; and

            (b)         let the person inspect the records.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         Relevant persons are —

            (a)         the employee;

            (b)         a person authorised in writing by the employee; and

            (c)         an officer of the Commission authorised in writing by the Registrar.

        (3)         The duty placed on an employer by subsection (1) —

            (a)         continues so long as the record is required to be kept under section 47(3)(b);

            (b)         is not affected by the fact that the employee is no longer employed by the employer or that the workplace agreement no longer applies to him or her;

            (c)         includes the further duties —

                  (i)         to let the relevant person enter premises of the employer for the purposes of inspection of the records; and

                  (ii)         to let the relevant person take copies of or extracts from the records;

                and

            (d)         must be complied with not later than —

                  (i)         the end of the next pay period; or

                  (ii)         the expiration of 14 days,

                whichever is the earlier, after the request for inspection is received.

        [Section 48 amended by No. 20 of 2002 s. 54.]

        [Heading amended by No. 20 of 2002 s. 55.]