WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 726 Unclaimed moneys

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 726

             (1)  Where:

                     (a)  an employee has left the employment of an employer without having been paid an amount to which the employee is entitled under an applicable provision; and

                     (b)  the employer is unable to pay the amount to the former employee because the employer does not know the former employee's whereabouts;

the employer may pay the amount to the Commonwealth.

             (2)  The Commonwealth holds the amount in trust for the former employee.

             (3)  Payment of the amount to the Commonwealth is a sufficient discharge to the employer, as against the former employee, for the amount paid.