Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An employer must
ensure that details are recorded of —
(a) each
employee’s name and, if the employee is under 21 years of age, the
employee’s date of birth;
(b) the
date on which the employee commenced employment with the employer;
(c) the
gross and net amounts paid to the employee under the contract of employment,
and all deductions and the reasons for them;
(d) all
leave taken by the employee, whether paid, partly paid or unpaid;
(e)
details of any agreement made under section 5 between the employer and
the employee;
(f) such
other details as are necessary for the calculation of the entitlement to, and
payment for, long service leave under this Act; and
(g)
other matters prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The employer must
ensure that —
(a) the
records are kept in accordance with the regulations; and
(b) each
entry is retained during the employment of the employee and for not less than
7 years thereafter.
(3) A contravention of
subsection (2) is not an offence but that subsection is a civil penalty
provision for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 1979
section 83E.
(4)
Subsection (3) extends to a contravention that occurred within the period
of 12 months ending on the coming into operation of the Labour Relations
Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Part 7 Division 2 1 unless
the employer was charged with an offence in respect of that contravention.
[Section 26 inserted by No. 79 of 1995
s. 54; amended by No. 36 of 2006 s. 60.]