Compliance
The Department of Justice and Attorney-General has a responsibility for improving compliance with Queensland’s industrial relations laws and for efficiently applying its resources to achieve the greatest impact on the Queensland workforce.
How does the Department ensure compliance?
Self-resolution kit
What happens if you do not comply?
How does the Department ensure compliance?
The Department regulates compliance with industrial relations law and emphasises rights and obligations as an employee and/or employer, through four avenues:
- dispute resolution procedures for complaints regarding unpaid wages or other industrial relations entitlements (known as “wage complaints”);
- conference hearings whereby wage complaints are referred to the QIRC for resolution;
- investigation of wage complaints including inspections and infringement notice and/or legal proceedings; and
- auditing of workplaces including educational strategies
The enforcement framework policy further details the four key service delivery avenues as mentioned above.
Further information is available on the procedures utilised by Industrial Relations for compliance of workplace inspections.
Self-resolution kit
A self resolution process is also available in appropriate cases. A specially developed self recovery kit (PDF, 132 KB) may be issued to an employee to enable them to take self resolution action before the Minor Debts Court.
What happens if you do not comply?
Under the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9 MB) if you do not meet your legal obligations by complying with other related legislation, or codes of practice this is considered to be a breach.
Last updated 21 July 2009
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