Victorian Numbered Acts

VICTORIAN WORKERS' WAGES PROTECTION ACT 2007 (NO. 71 OF 2007) - SECT 10

s. 10

    (1)     In this section—

"employment placement service" means a service provided by a person acting as an agent for the purpose of finding or assisting to find—

        (a)     a suitable person to carry out work for a potential employer; or

        (b)     employment for a person seeking to be employed—

but does not include a service that consists only of publishing an advertisement for a person who is seeking to have work carried out or to be employed;

"relevant employee "means—

        (a)     the holder of, or an applicant for, a Subclass 457 visa (Business (Long Stay)) under the Migration Regulations 1994 of the Commonwealth; or

        (b)     an employee who is a person or a member of a class of person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

    (2)     An employer must not deduct any amount from the wages of a relevant employee, even with the employee's consent, for or in respect of—

        (a)     any fee, cost or other payment payable in relation to the provision of an employment placement service for or on behalf of the employer or employee; or

        (b)     the provision to, or for the benefit of, the employee of goods, services or accommodation for which the employer is by law required to pay.
s. 10

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