(1) Any worker may apply to the Local Court, or to the Supreme Court, for an
order directing the employer to pay to the worker the full amount of any
remuneration or payment which has become due to the worker under this Act at
any time during the period of 6 years immediately preceding the date of the
application but not earlier than 18 months before the date of assent to the
Annual Holidays (Amendment) Act 1980 .
The Local Court or Supreme Court may make any order it thinks just in the
matter and may award costs to either party, and assess the amount of such
costs.
(2) A worker may take any such proceedings and may recover any such
moneys due, and costs, notwithstanding the fact that the worker has not
reached the age of twenty-one years.
(3) In any case where the worker is a
person employed to do any work for which the price or rate has been fixed by
an award or agreement, proceedings under this section may, with the consent in
writing of the worker, be taken by the secretary or other officer of an
industrial organisation of employees registered under the Industrial
Relations Act 1996 , concerned in the industry to which such award or
agreement relates, in the name and on behalf of the worker.
Any amount ordered to be paid in proceedings under this subsection may be paid
to such secretary or other officer and the receipt of such secretary or other
officer shall be a sufficient discharge to the employer for the amount
mentioned in the receipt.
Any amount so paid to such secretary or other officer (less any costs properly
incurred in connection with the proceedings and not paid by the employer)
shall be held on trust for the worker on whose behalf the proceedings were
taken.
