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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1984 - SECT 51 Offences relating to remuneration

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1984 - SECT 51

Offences relating to remuneration

(1)  An employer who does not pay an employee the remuneration to which the employee is entitled to be paid under –
(a) section 49 or 50 ; or
(b) an authority granted under section 79 or 81 –
is guilty of an offence.
(2)  A person who contravenes –
(a) any of the provisions of section 50 (1) or (2) ; or
(b) the terms of an authority, relating to remuneration, granted under section 79 or 81 –
is guilty of an offence.
(3)  If, under an award or a registered agreement, an employee is entitled to be paid any sum by his employer, that employer is guilty of an offence if that sum is paid otherwise than in money without any deductions other than those that may be authorized by the employee.
(4)  Subject to a provision of an award or a registered agreement, nothing in subsection (3) shall be construed as preventing a payment referred to in that subsection being made by cheque.
(5)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(6)  A person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.