FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 229

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 229

229—Illegal guarantees

        (1)         A person must not require or permit another—

            (a)         to pay a sum of money; or

            (b)         to enter into or make a guarantee or promise to pay a sum of money,

in the event of the conduct of an apprentice, junior or employee not being satisfactory to the employer.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (2)         However, this section does not invalidate, or render unlawful, a guarantee entered into on terms approved by the Minister.

        (3)         A sum paid in contravention of this section is recoverable as a debt.