{"id":31446,"date":"2019-12-13T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T06:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zegal.com\/?p=31446"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:08:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:08:24","slug":"labour-hire-licencing-act-in-australia-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zegal.com\/en-nz\/blog\/post\/labour-hire-licencing-act-in-australia-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Hire Licencing Act in Australia: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Labour Hire Licensing Act 2018 (the \u201c<\/span>Act<\/span>\u201d) was enacted and came into effect in Victoria on 29 April 2019. This made it the third Australian state, following Queensland and South Australia, to enact such laws. <\/span><\/p>\n

A similar scheme is expected to be in the pipeline for the Australian Capital Territory. The Federal Government has also formed a coalition which proposed to establish some form of labour-regulating scheme. Nothing has yet been announced for Western Australia, the Northern Territory, or the New South Wales. But given the national trend<\/span>,<\/span> it may be prudent to keep oneself informed of what the Act entails. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Act? <\/span><\/h4>\n

Put simply, in an effort to combat the exploitation of workers, the Act requires <\/span>businesses providing <\/span>labour service<\/span>s <\/span><\/strong>in exchange for remuneration to be licensed.<\/strong> The Act also renders it unlawful for anyone to engage the services provided by an unlicensed labour<\/span>–<\/span>hire provider. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Who does it apply to? <\/span><\/h4>\n

As the above suggests, the Act applies to a labour<\/strong><\/span>–<\/span><\/strong>hire services provider.<\/strong> A company is deemed to be a labour<\/span>–<\/span>hire services provider if <\/span>it:-<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n