New South Wales Consolidated Acts

APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINEESHIP ACT 2001 - SECT 15

15 Duties of employers to notify Commissioner of certain matters

(1) In relation to each apprentice or trainee that he or she employs, an employer must notify the Commissioner of the following matters within 14 days after the matter arises:

(a) any injury to the apprentice or trainee that adversely affects the apprentice’s or trainee’s ability to continue or complete the apprenticeship or traineeship,

(b) any failure by the apprentice or trainee to make satisfactory progress in learning the competencies of the relevant vocation,

(c) any change in the registered training organisation attended by the apprentice or trainee,

(d) any failure by the apprentice or trainee to participate in, or make satisfactory progress in, the training provided by the relevant registered training organisation,

(e) in the case of an employer who places the apprentice or trainee with host employers, any matter that is likely to have an adverse effect on the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship by the apprentice or trainee, including:

(i) any difficulties encountered by the employer in finding host employers, and

(ii) any difficulties encountered by the apprentice or trainee in relation to any host employer, whether in relation to training or employment or otherwise,

(f) in the case of a trainee apprentice, any termination of employment of the apprentice by the employer.

(2) An employer must also notify the Commissioner of the following matters within 14 days after the matter arises:

(a) any change in the name under which the employer carries on business or in the address from which the employer carries on business,

(b) any change in the nature of the employer’s business that adversely affects the employer’s ability to comply with his or her obligations under this Act.