Queensland's introducing labour hire licensing laws and, as
Shae McCartney explains, they could affect you even if you
aren't in Queensland.
TRANSCRIPT
So Queensland is the first State to introduce labour hire
licensing laws; South Australia and Victoria have indicated that
they're soon to follow. The legislation as it's currently
proposed will cover not only companies who provide labour hire in
Queensland but also companies who are located in Queensland and
provide labour hire out, and companies who provide labour hire into
Queensland.
The definition of who is a labour hire provider and who is a
worker working under a labour hire arrangement is so broad that
this could include (for example) a company who sends a worker into
Brisbane for a period to work in someone else's business. If
you're doing any business in Queensland and it could be a
labour hire arrangement you need to consider whether you might be
captured by these laws.
