Wages Records to be Kept

RACING QUEENSLAND LTD WILL NOT APPROVE TRAINEE APPRENTICE OR APPRENTICE LICENSES WHERE THE EMPLOYER CANNOT PROVIDE
TIME AND WAGE RECORDS AS REQUIRED BY FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA.

Employers must be able to provide time and wage records for all apprentices and trainees under both State and Federal laws.

See Fair Work Act and Regulations

An employer must keep a record in respect of each employee about:

(a)   basic employment details such as the name of the employer and the employee and the nature of their employment (e.g. part-time, full-time, permanent, temporary or casual);and

(b)   pay; and

(c)   overtime hours; and

(d)  averaging arrangements; and

(e)   leave entitlements; and

(f)   superannuation contributions;  and

(g)   termination of employment (where applicable); and

(h)   individual flexibility arrangements and guarantees of annual earnings.

Records must be properly maintained. 

For example, regulation 3.31 sets out form requirements to make sure that records are legible and readily accessible to an inspector.