Employment records
Find out more regarding your Employer's obligation to make and keep employment records according to the Long Service Leave Act 1955.
General obligations
Employers are required to make and keep employment records for seven (7) years.
The records are required to be:
- in a form that is readily accessible to an authorised Inspector
- in a legible form and in English (preferably in plain, simple English)
- unaltered unless correcting an error
- not be false or misleading
- made available to current and former employees on request
Records content
Employment records that an employer must make and keep is a record that specifies:
- the employer’s name
- the employee’s name
- whether the employee’s employment is permanent, temporary or casual
- the date on which the employee’s employment began
- on and after 1 January 2010 - the Australian Business Number (if any) of the employer
Records relating to Long Service Leave
The Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW) section 8 refers to records to be keep by employers
- Every employer shall keep record in a form for a period of at least 6 years