New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FAIR TRADING REGULATION 2007 - REG 101

101 Information standard for employment placement services

(1) For the purposes of section 50 of the Act, the requirements of this clause are prescribed as an information standard for employment placement services.

(2) A person who provides employment placement services must, before providing those services to a person seeking employment ( "a job seeker"), give the job seeker a written notice that sets out the following statements:

(a) A person who provides employment placement services must not charge a job seeker a fee for the purpose of finding the job seeker employment.

(b) A person who provides employment placement services must not engage in misleading or deceptive conduct (such as advertising a position as being available when the person knows no such position exists or knowingly giving misleading information to a job seeker about the nature of a position).

(c) If a job seeker believes that a person has acted inappropriately in the course of providing employment placement services, the job seeker may contact the Office of Fair Trading for information on possible action that may be taken.