Employment records

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

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