New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 22

22 Employer not to charge employees for things done or provided pursuant to statutory requirement

An employer must not impose a charge on an employee, or permit a charge to be imposed on an employee, for anything done or provided in pursuance of a specific requirement of this Act or the regulations.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation (being a previous offender)-3,750 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a corporation (not being a previous offender)-2,500 penalty units, or

(c) in the case of an individual (being a previous offender)-375 penalty units, or

(d) in the case of an individual (not being a previous offender)-250 penalty units.