Industrial

Relations
Compliance Checklist

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Things I need to know or do to ensure I am compliant
against Industrial & Employment Relations

Employee Entitlements Yes No Notes

1 Do you have up to date employment contracts?

Have you provided a copy of the Fair Work

2
Information Statement?

Do you have employees covered by the correct

3
award?

4 Have you advised them which award?

Have you advised them of their classification under

5
the award?

Do you provide employees with access to the

6
relevant award/s and the NES?

Are you provided the minimum requirements under

7 the award (pay, overtime, penalties, allowances,
loadings)?

If you are paying higher than the award in satisfaction

of your obligation to pay overtime, annual leave
8
loading, penalty rates and allowances and, if so is
this recorded in an IFA?

9 Are you providing the correct amount of leave?

 Employee Entitlements Yes No Notes

Have you responded correctly to any flexibility in the

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workplace requests?

Do you have workers’ compensation insurance for all

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of your workers (this may include contractors)?

Contravention of the National Employment Standards or a term of a Modern Award can

result in a maximum penalty of $10,800 for an individual or $54,000 for a corporation (per
offence).

The maximum penalty for failing to have a workers’ compensation policy is the payment of
the premium plus a penalty in the amount of 100% of the premium.

Record Keeping and Payslips Yes No Notes

1 Are you paying Superannuation contributions?

Do you keep records of Superannuation

2
contributions?

Is your default superannuation fund permitted under

3
any relevant Award/s?

4 Do you keep records of hours worked?

5 Do you keep records of overtime worked?

 Record Keeping and Payslips Yes No Notes

Are you remitting tax on behalf of your employees to

6
the ATO?

7 Do you keep leave records?

Do you keep records of employee details,

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commencement & position details, status?

Do you keep records of your employees’ tax file

9
numbers?

Are payslips provided within one working day of pay

10
day?

11 Is the correct information provided on the payslip?

12 Do you keep records of payslips?

Are only authorised deductions made from an

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employee’s pay?

Do you keep records of any Guarantees of annual

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earnings given?

Have you kept termination records including date and

15
reason for termination?

16 Have you kept transfer of business records?

17 Have you kept these records for 7 years?

Contravention of record keeping and payslip obligations have maximum penalties of $5,400 per
contravention for an individual and $27,000 per contravention for a body corporate.
Workplace Yes No Notes

Do you have policies and procedures covering:

• workplace health and safety?
• bullying and harassment?
1 • the taking of leave?
• email and internet usage?
• anti-discrimination?
• grievances and complaints

Are you proactive in providing an environment free

2
from bullying & harassment?

Do you provide an environment free from

3
discrimination?

Do your policies & procedures reflect workplace

4
legislation?

Does your management, actions, behaviour avoid the

following:
• adverse action
5 • unfair dismissals
• Coercion
• Undue influence or pressure
• Misrepresentation

6 Do you provide induction training?

Do you have processes in place for performance

7
reviews?

Do you have processes in place for handling poor

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performance or conduct?

Do you provide sufficient training in your policies and

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procedures?